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==Atheism and agnosticism==

==Atheism and agnosticism==

Some agnostics bristle at the term ''atheist''. They say they aren't atheists, because they don't "believe that God does not exist" but rather "neither believe nor disbelieve".  

Some agnostics bristle at the term ''atheist''. They say they aren't atheists, because they don't "believe that a god or gods do not exist" but rather "neither believe nor disbelieve".  

Agnostics differ from regular [[Atheism|atheists]] in that they do not deny God's existence.

Agnostics differ from regular [[Atheism|atheists]] in that they do not deny the existence of a higher power.

Many religious believers make no distinction among non-believers. If you're not sure that God exists, they combine the unsure and "surely not" into one lump. For these believers, an "atheist" is anyone who doesn't believe in God.

Many religious believers make no distinction among non-believers. If you're not sure that a god exists, they combine the unsure and "surely not" into one lump. For these believers, an "atheist" is anyone who doesn't believe in a god.

Among those who have not decided whether to believe in God, or to disbelieve in Him, there are two main groups:

Among those who have not decided whether to believe in a higher power, there are two main groups:

#Those who simply haven't made a decision

#Those who simply haven't made a decision

#Those who declare no rational decision is possible, on the grounds that the existence of God is not knowable.

#Those who declare no rational decision is possible, on the grounds that the existence of a god is not knowable.

[[Bertrand Russell]] once wrote that, in describing his beliefs,

[[Bertrand Russell]] once wrote that, in describing his beliefs,