Are Agnostics also Atheists?

[Wiccan_Child]

True, and in this context you are correct. In such discussions I would call myself an atheist.

In what discussions would you call yourself agnostic? I notice your faith icon calls you 'agnostic', so I'm guessing the majority of times.

How I interact with people in RL puts me in an agnostic position since I tend to consider beliefs as personal preferance. For example, I think killing animals for food is wrong. Most disagree with this but that doesn't mean my world-view is incorrect because it's my world view. And while I find the practices of killing animals to be abhorrent, it's obviously not wrong for the majority so I'm left entertaining the fact that what's real for me isn't real for you. If that makes sense.

I'm not entirely sure how this pertains to agnosticism. Perhaps apathy towards the myriad of theological beliefs is your view of agnosticism?

The theistic vs atheistic arguments seem to be about determining an almost absolute reality that we all share. In the realm of science, I agree with atheism. Outside of that however, anything goes as far as I'm concerned.

Personally, I can't concieve anything that's beyond the realm of science.

 

[Braunwyn]

In what discussions would you call yourself agnostic?

In a discussion about a person's relationship with his/her god.

I notice your faith icon calls you 'agnostic', so I'm guessing the majority of times.

For me, agnostic speaks of the unkown or from dictionary.com "a person who denies or doubts the possibility of ultimate knowledge in some area of study."

I'm not entirely sure how this pertains to agnosticism. Perhaps apathy towards the myriad of theological beliefs is your view of agnosticism?

I don't know about apathy, maybe. I'm just keenly aware of my limitations to perceive as a human. It's like looking at the world through a peep-hole.

Personally, I can't concieve anything that's beyond the realm of science.

I view science in the same way, as far as perception goes. It's very limited. This doesn't mean i don't value science because I certaily do but it doesn't have application in all arenas of life.

 

[acropolis]

Personally, I can't concieve anything that's beyond the realm of science.

Anything involving an ethical value system is beyond the realm of science.

 

[CosmoJ]

One of my theology professors defined agnostics as 'timid atheists'.

 

[ossoofoo]

They can be.
I'm agnostic, but I sort of lean towards agnostic theism.
Meaning that we can't know that god exists...but I tend to lean toward believing in a higher power

 

[TeddyKGB]

Anything involving an ethical value system is beyond the realm of science.

Science can say why ethical systems exist and even why some values might be more common than others.