Re:Atheism IS essentially like religion - Here's w (Score 1)

Hey, like I said - if I hear jingle bells, I'll look up. I'm just not sure how useful a designation like 'agnostic' really is since, as you say, technically we should consider ourselves agnostic towards everything (we don't know anything for sure, even whether or not we really exist). I think if you consider yourself agnostic with regards to religion, you are effectively an atheist - one who does not believe in a god. That doesn't mean that you're adamantly opposed to the notion, just that you don't happen to hold that particular belief - as you say, it's not currently a useful assumption to make. I guess declaring oneself atheist feels too much like one is taking a position on the matter - there's no word for someone who doesn't believe in Santa, for example.