Agnostics are often atheists who don't like using the word atheist because they wrongly think it entails a set of beliefs.
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Zuowan, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 14:01,
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That
doesn't define a difference between the two words, though.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 14:41,
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An agnostic believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God.
As for atheism, the word is a simple contruction - 'a' = without, 'theism' = belief in the existence of a god or gods.
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Zuowan, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 15:44,
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