2007-01-27 13:36:27 · 8 answers · asked by Kate 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not much...they both have a common destination.
2007-01-27 13:40:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
A lot of people say that agnostics are atheists because they both have a lack of belief in a God. I understand that but I'd rather call myself an 'agnostic' because I feel I do not know if there is a God and I don't even know if it's possible to know (slightly different from saying that it's impossible to know). I feel it's impossible for ME to know right now but maybe other people do know the truth (though probably not). I also like to separate myself from the number of atheists who say 'there is no God' since I don't know if that's true.
Many people are comfortable calling themselves an 'atheist' based on the simple fact that they lack belief while others insist that a God is an impossibility and one does not can cannot exist.
2007-01-27 21:51:23 · answer #2 · answered by Pico 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheism is a lack of belief in deities of any sort.
Agnosticism is the belief that it is impossible to KNOW God as people often claim to. This makes it impossible to either prove or disprove God's existence. You can be an agnostic and still follow a religion, though there are plenty who don't.
2007-01-27 21:42:40 · answer #3 · answered by Qchan05 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Agnostics are either open minded or ambivalent. Atheists are usually just extremely angry at all Christians, and to a lesser extent other religions as well.
2007-01-27 21:39:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Agnosticism: Not knowing whether there is a God or not (Gnosis = Greek for "Know")
Atheism: Lacking faith that a God exists (Theos = Greek for "God")
Personally I consider myself an atheistic agnostic.
(A hard atheist believes that there is, in fact, no God.)
2007-01-27 21:39:27 · answer #5 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Agnostics are atheists w/o balls.
2007-01-27 21:42:56 · answer #6 · answered by ivorytowerboy 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Atheist - believes there is no god
Agnostic - believes you can't know whether there is a god or not
2007-01-27 21:39:12 · answer #7 · answered by Mr Ed 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
They are both count for the same thing on judgement day.
2007-01-27 21:43:57 · answer #8 · answered by Caveman 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋