Andrew Seidel [View all]
I've noticed that Andrew Seidel, one of the attorneys that works for the Freedom From Religion Foundation, is getting a lot more active on Facebook these days. I find myself agreeing with practically everything he posts, and that's unusual.
He said something the other day that crystallized the distinction between agnostic and atheist for me. You may already have the two terms comfortably defined, but I've still struggled a little with them, and Andrew made sense. It's quite simple, actually:
Atheism is about BELIEF
Agnosticism is about KNOWLEDGE
We truly cannot KNOW there is no God, but based on the preponderance (and lack) of evidence, I BELIEVE there is no God.
So I am both atheist and agnostic, which somehow reminds me of Jerry DeWitt's "motto" (ex-preacher turned atheist):
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