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I am an atheist. But I am an agnostic atheist. Both components of the term are valid and concern separate but related questions. When people slam users of the agnostic label, they seem usually to be equating it with agnostic theists, which is an entirely diferent position from an agnostic atheist. (There are also gnostic theists and gnostic atheists, who both pretend to have absolute proof of their belief/nonbelief being factually accurate.

The problem with that is the concept(s) of god/deity. They are shifting targets. God can even be metaphor for the power that runs the cosmos. And whether that power has consciousness begs the question of what ultimately defines consciousness.

As for the Christian and Muslim conceptions of God, I am a hard atheist, because the paradigms contradict and therefore disprove themselves.

But to dismiss the agnostic label entirely is to eliminate a valuable tool for reaching people trapped by fear in religious belief. They need to doubt before they can let go of belief.

What a useless word agnostic is. One can be agnostic, yet believe, as I presume is the case with most Christians were they to be candid. One can also be agnostic, yet not believe, as are many atheists. And as you implied, one can be agnostic about literally EVERYTHING. I hate the word. So I guess it comes down to probabilities and significance. I have no beliefs in any gods, nor do I care much if one might exist who remains hidden and has not revealed any doctrine. So call me an apatheist in the regard, because while interesting, it's not of real significance. But I'm damned convinced that the God of the Bible and the other religions I've encountered are false, the question of which does have real significance. But until the argument over the word atheist(merely lack of belief vs something more declarative than that?) is settled, I suppose the next best word is non-theist?

No and NO Why? I'm an ex Christian with a 99% sure that there is no God, no Easter bunny that lay eggs, NO tooth fairy who pays for every tooth a child loose or NO man with a santa Claus costume is real. The other percent is for "ask me if I care?"

Easy.
As an agnostic let me fill you in: I don't believe IN anything, but there are also plenty of things I don't believe, period.
For instance, I know for a FACT the Easter Bunny is not made of chocolate and doesn't lay eggs...
Does that help?

Yep, they have the same likelihood as God.
I'll give it that.
If you aren't convinced there is a God you are by definition atheist.
All agnostics are atheist in denial.
Provide falsifiability and it'll be science, until then it's all poetry.
Like Dr. Zeus

Here we go again. You fail, perhaps intentionally, to understand agnosticism. It really has nothing to do with mixed feelings of wanting to believe in deity. So your entire question is falsely premised.
...but enjoy your game anyway.

EEB and TF On two conditions

1. You know the distinction between fantasy and reality
2. for fun only - no subversion.

There is evidence based belief, sir.

Ergo, not by religious faith, but based on prior evidence; I may reasonably believe the ground will be beneath my feet when I get out of bed. Simply because it was there when I went to sleep, and when I woke up every other day previous to that.

Isn't it just easier to be a non believer in anything without evidence -- God, Easter B, Tooth Fairies, Trump's promises... and so on? Well, I think so.

Damn, we got ourselves another Oswald Bates!

Astonishingly abstruse application of alliteration ... awesome!