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→"Weak Agnosticism" and "Strong Agnosticism"?
:This is interesting. Certainly, Richard Dawkins's brand of agnosticism, which involves arguing vociferously against the existence of God, seems very different from what a lot of people would understand by agnosticism - a kind of fence-sitting. I might call RiDaw's (apparent) beliefs "atheism with a footnote" rather than agnosticism.--[[User:CPalmer|CPalmer]] 09:17, 8 March 2012 (EST)
:This is interesting. Certainly, Richard Dawkins's brand of agnosticism, which involves arguing vociferously against the existence of God, seems very different from what a lot of people would understand by agnosticism - a kind of fence-sitting. I might call RiDaw's (apparent) beliefs "atheism with a footnote" rather than agnosticism.--[[User:CPalmer|CPalmer]] 09:17, 8 March 2012 (EST)
:: And what about the "opposite" of Dawkins - people who think there is a God, act as if there is a God, but feel you can't empirically prove there is a God? If Dawkins is agnostic, so are they, technically. [[User:Gregkochuconn|Gregkochuconn]] 11:54, 14 March 2012 (EDT)
:: And what about the "opposite" of Dawkins - people who think there is a God, act as if there is a God, but feel you can't empirically prove there is a God? If Dawkins is agnostic, so are they, technically. [[User:Gregkochuconn|Gregkochuconn]] 11:54, 14 March 2012 (EDT)
Dawkins flip-flogs between atheism/agnosticism and perhaps deism/theism. Emotionally, he is very often an atheist/agnostic, but sometimes says positive things about King James Bible, Christmas, etc. Culturally, he is an agnostic/atheist/Anglican. Dawkins said that a good case could be made for deism. (“A serious case could be made for a deistic God” - Dawkins).
== Am I (technically) Agnostic? ==
== Am I (technically) Agnostic? ==