2006-11-29 20:18:54 · 16 answers · asked by Cinnamon 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
An athiest does not believe that there are, wre, or ever will be any god or gods, deities, higher powers or anything like that.
An Agnostic accepts that there MIGHT be something beyone ourselves, but that it is not possible to know or understand anything about what the nature of that may be...
2006-11-29 20:23:52 · answer #1 · answered by kveldulf_gondlir 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Agnostics look for more concrete evidence of the existence of God and otherwise will not believe... But, there is a "form" of belief though not certain.....
Atheist has absolutlely no belief in the existence of God and no way to convince them under any circumstances..... They outright deny that there is anything that created the earth or in a being that is supreme in the universe over mankind.....
Agnostic: What is God? prove to me-?
Atheist: There is no god!!!!... Nothing is out there!!
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Ginger
2006-11-29 20:26:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Agnosticism asserts no knowledge of gods and therefore concludes there are no reasons to believe in them or not to believe in them. An agnostic follows this credo and differs from the atheist who has developed an active belief that there are no gods. When it comes to the question of existence of deities, an agnostic will respond: I just don't know.
Atheism is the disbelief in the existence of God and other deities. It is commonly defined as the positive denial of theism (ie. the assertion that deities do not exist), or the deliberate rejection of theism (i.e., the refusal to believe in the existence of deities). However, others—including most atheistic philosophers and groups—define atheism as the simple absence of belief in deities, thereby designating many agnostics, and people who have never heard of gods, such as the unchurched or newborn children, as atheists as well. In recent years, some atheists have adopted the terms strong and weak atheism to clarify whether they consider their stance one of positive belief no gods exist, or of negative unbelief.
2006-11-29 20:22:21 · answer #3 · answered by Sky Li 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An atheist is someone who simply lacks a belief in God. An agnostic doesn't know what to believe.
By the way, it's wrong to say that atheists deny the possibility of God. Even Richard Dawkins, one of the most strident of atheists, has conceded that God is a possibility. An atheist simply lacks a belief that God exists. Subtle, but big difference.
2006-11-29 20:20:12 · answer #4 · answered by halitobro 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
An agnostic is searching for answers and truths.
An atheist just doesn't adhere to religion, and usually has no intentions of ever doing so.
2006-11-29 20:31:07 · answer #5 · answered by Kreen 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Atheists don't believe any god exists. Agnostics are not sure whether there is a god or not, they don't rule out either possibility.
2006-11-29 21:30:30 · answer #6 · answered by undir 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An Atheist does not believe in God. An agnostic is someone who is simply too afraid to admit what he or she believes, one way or the other, so they say they just don't know. Its a cop out that many adults use. I have much more respect for Atheists, at least they make a decision.
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2006-11-29 20:23:14 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
An agnostic does not deny the possibility of God.
2006-11-29 20:21:08 · answer #8 · answered by tumbleweed1954 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A true agnostic says, "There can be no proof of god, he either is, or is not, it is not known to me and I do not deny the possible existence of god." A true atheist says "There is no god, I know this to be true."
2006-11-29 20:25:07 · answer #9 · answered by thoor_ballylee 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'm not sure what an agnostic is. but an atheist is someone who doesn't beleive in any god.
2006-11-29 20:20:54 · answer #10 · answered by anne 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋