I'll have to disagree.
Agnosticism is not "being accepting", it is being an atheist but not having the courage of your convictions.

If you believe something, tell it like it is. That doesn't mean running around quoting Dawkins, or telling muslims that they should not be calling their children muslims, it just means accepting within yourself that religion is clearly not a valid concept.

If enough people believed that the moon's core is made of cheese, should we say "in spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary and not a shred of evidence to support your idea, i still respect it and will make allowances for your belief. In fact, let's spend lottery money on a school for moon-core-cheese-believers, so your children can also benefit from this theory".
( 100% Cock Raw like carrots., Thu 1 Apr 2010, 15:58, 1 reply)

No, agnosticism is saying you don't know whether God exists or not
(Though if he, she or it does then he, she or it seems to have a strange and rather unpleasant sense of humour.)

It's not lacking the courage of your convictions to say you don't know, and it doesn't mean you can't believe that most organized religion is fuckwitted or barmy.
(littlesunshine licked your blinky diodes on, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 17:32, closed)

That's still giving credence to an issue that shouldn't have any. The only possible reason to believe that there is a God is because of social history, agnosticism is the equivalent of equating a panel of experts with a homeless person whispering in your ear.

You can still be Atheist and admit the possibility of a God. Anything is possible. All Atheism means is that you acknowledge that, with all the current data and rational thinking available to us, it is likely that God does not exist.

The term 'God' also confuses the issue entirely, as it usually refers to the Judeo-Christian deity but can also just be a generic term for a creator. Personally, I firmly believe that no being exists to the specifications of Christianity or any other organized belief system. I accept the possibility of an undefined creator, but I do not think it a likely one.
(Legion, Sat 3 Apr 2010, 8:47, closed)