a-gnostic, so i suggest “against knowing”

I'm agnostic, and I describe myself this way:
"I don't know and I don't care".

A born skeptic, I have been an atheist since childhood. Mom dropped us off for Sunday school, shoving us into the arms of the Lord. Never believed in an invisible god.

For a few years, I called myself "agnostic" because it seemed softer, more palatable to others. But this invited pushy Christians who tried to convert me.

So I went back to the more hard-ass "atheist" label. I remain cheerfully defiant.

One who questions or doubts the truth of a claim. It need not be about God, one can be agnostic about the healthy properties of broccoli, but that's the common usage.

The conversation would be better all in one post rather than three different ones.

Dictionaries say it better than I can.

Not agnostic or any other label. For your answer, see a dictionary.

One who attempts to hedge their bet. A hedge is an investment that is made with the intention of reducing the risk of adverse price movements in an asset. Normally, a hedge consists of taking an offsetting position in a related security. Thus, if they're wrong they still get to go to heaven or hell.

Welcome to the asylum. Enjoy your stay.

I'm not agnostic, so I won't offer a definition.

I call myself an agnostic atheist. Some claim this is not right and that there are "agnostic" believers. This is pissing in the wind. Agnostic is simply A meaning without, and GNOSIS meaning knowledge of knowing. It means flatly that when it comes to religion I am without knowledge of the claims of gods being true.

I favor Bertrand Russell's description of an agnostic as one who, beyond not claiming absolute knowledge, believes that absolute knowledge is not possible.

In this sense, I consider myself an agnostic atheist. I can't know for certain that gods don't exist (I'm close to certain, but that ain't the same as knowing for sure.)

Why do people keep wanting to go down this bottomless hole?