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Originally Posted by Damien
An agnostic is someone who doesn't believe in god but is otherwise open to the concept, they don't not believe in god, if that makes sense. The theists believe there is a god whereas an atheists doesn't believe in god.
So an agnostic is somewhere in between the two. I don't see a contradiction there. The only problem is at what point of 'non-belief in god' do you cross over from being agnostic to an atheist? Some people class themselves as being agnostic because they can't disprove god, this is pretty much atheism. Other people may be quite open to the idea but are hesitant as they are not quite sure about it, that would be agnosticism.
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I think Kymmy's hit the nail on the head here. Nobody can say they are an atheist on the basis of science, because science gives no basis for any conclusion about the existence or otherwise of a deity.
Anyone can of course be an atheist, but let's be absolutely clear about this: atheism is a belief, not a scientific principle.