Careful, you’re both falling into the trap set by the left, it’s been happening for many years. Remember, every word that has ever been invented is a “blanket” term in that words are abstract representations of concrete realities.
Remember “It depends on what the meaning of the word is is” by Bill Clinton? The left thinks they can hoodwink everyone else if they deny the meaning of words, but their only real accomplishment is to reveal the meaninglessness of their ideology—thus fooling themselves.
Avoid this by letting the simple stay simple:
Atheism is the assertion that God doesn’t exist.
Agnosticism is the claim that one has absolutely no idea whether or not God exists.
—Atheism is the assertion that God doesn’t exist.
Agnosticism is the claim that one has absolutely no idea whether or not God exists.—
Thank you. And yes. You were right about us falling into the trap.
And I repeat, I’ve never actually met a “real” atheist face to face. They make the claim at first but on further questioning they ALWAYS say something like, “Well, I guess I’m really more agnostic than atheist.” Every single time.
But there are a LOT of “atheists” on the internets. ;-)
I don't feel the need to put myself into a category or define myself with a word that was invented by someone else.
Agnosticism is the claim that one has absolutely no idea whether or not God exists.
My definition is more accurate. It is not a belief that one "doesn't know" about the existence of god, it is the belief that the answer to such a question in "unknowable".