You are either atheist or a fool...

It’s called a politician...

Some would say agnosticism addresses knowledge, not believe. So no conflict there.

Depends on what you believe.

It all depends how much you have had to drink.

One can believe in a deity, but understand that it's not knowable whether that deity exists or not. Likewise one can believe there is no deity, but acknowledge that is it not knowable whether a deity exists or not.

I am atheist and agnostic. Someone else might be a believer yet agnostic regarding that belief.

As I remember Joseph Campbell saying or repeating: "He who thinks he knows, doesn’t know. He who knows that he doesn’t know, knows."

People who attend a religion only to be accepted in a society, more than deep down it is agnostic. He's just weak.

Agnostic just means being not sure of your belief. You can be an agnostic theist or an agnostic atheist.

One cannot be both. By definition, an agnostic simply does not know of a deity exists or not (and generally does not care).

Agnostic: a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God or of anything beyond material phenomena; a person who claims neither faith nor disbelief in God.

It is my not-so-terribly-well-informed opinion that there are things that can be known beyond material phenomena. Examples: justice, fear, kindness, neglect.

And that’s why I’m not agnostic. I am an atheist. I believe there is no God. Certainly not any of the gods as have been described to me. Almost everyone disbelieves or dismisses as myth the thousands of gods that humanity has worshipped. I just go the one more. And I always have. I’m willing to believe but the needed evidence has not been forthcoming.

They can't. It's a complete contradiction.
It's also a dodge.
I don't trust people who can't make up their minds.

Simple. Choosing to believe. Agnostic simply means a person believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of god. It does not mean they deny the existence of a god, that would be atheism.

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To my mind an Agnostic, well perhaps a percentage of them at least, are merely 'hedging their bets.'
I.e. they don't want to jump either way just in case they may be wrong.

Simple - they believe there is a god, but that they cannot know for certain.

Maybe they're like the weather. If you wait a minute it will change.