do you think agnostics are unsure atheists?

nope, they just have their own thinking. They realize that there is a chance that god exist and there is a chacne that he doesn't. So they are not going to take ether side because there is no 100% proove ether way. Some agnostics thing that the chances god exists are higher then the chances god doesn't exist, some think that the chances god doesn't exist are higher, and others are in the middle. Immagine a line, on one site there are theists, on the other there are atheists. Lets number it for more clarity. Number 1 would be theists that 100% sure God exists, 2 are theists that are almost sure God exists and think the chance he doen't is so tiny that we might as well say he exists 3 are agnostics who think chances god exists are a little higher then chances he doesn't exists but it's not enough to be sure in ether direction 4 are agnistics who are exactly in the middle. For then it's 50/50 chance 5 are agnistics who think that the chances god doesn't exist are higher but it's not enough to be sure 6 are atheists who think that god almost certanley doesn't exist but there is a very slight chance and 7 are atheists who are 100% sure god doesn't exist.

The doubt is what makes them agnostics. They know there is something greater than they but they aren't sure who it is or what. There is no place for cowardice when it comes to religion. It isn't about being brave. It is about what you feel in your heart and what path you want to take.

I always try to appreciate humor, but if I'm answering the question seriously, I'd have to say for most agnostics the answer is "no". My understanding of what agnostic is (which is what I most identify myself with...usually) is people who believe in God, but don't believe in organized religion.

Disagree. But, the commentator is welcome to their opinion, of course. It's just that it is an opinion. So is mine. The definition of agnosticism is someone who believes in some "greater/higher power/source" who has not had what they feel to be as direct experience of that "power/source." Agnostics have the courage of a conviction in both their belief that there is something, and an honest confession about their doubt as to what that is. Sounds not like cowardice to me. ;)

Well now, it could be somebody who really believes there is the possibility that God exists but isn't sure. That would be me. Jewish Dad, Christian Mom, both non-observant, I wasn't raised in either religion but I wasn't raised to be an atheist either.

No, I don't. Most people are agnostic because they realise that the existence or non-existence of God can never be proven, and can find neither the faith or the logic to decide either way. Agnostic means, simply, without knowledge. A belief or non-belief in a higher power is a quite separate issue to a belief or non-belief in scriptural religion; in that issue, I am a virulent atheist, since there is no difficulty in deciding the validity at all, and I see scriptural religion as one of the truly great evils in human history. Lash

It's a pretty good line and has an element of truth to it. A wannabe atheist who is uneasy about possibly forfeiting his or her chance for everlasting life might settle for being an agnostic instead. But I think that most agnostics are those who simply conclude that the existance of God can neither be proved or disproved.

I think agnostics are either afraid to have a strong opinion or they're too lazy to do the necessary research to come to a conclusion.

Well firstly jb I have to argue with the introduction of 'god's view of agnostics' as a figment of imagination such as the concept of a god can no more have a view than a refrigerator can, but I do get the pun. An atheist is someone who is certain of their own mind whilst an agnostic is a fence sitter hedging his bets.

Hello Jb... Perhaps they are believers with a touch of cowardice?? :D My personal view is that an agnostic is just not sure one way or another of God's existence. Interesting stuff. Karen