As a good logician, he realized that it is not possible to prove the nonexistence of God; but the distinction
between his agnosticism and atheism was purely theoretical.
The gulf you seem to perceive
between agnosticism and atheism is a false one, and is bridged easily with humility and honesty.
Perhaps we must locate him somewhere among those waverers who have found a viable position
between agnosticism and downright disbelief from which no visionary is likely to move them.
Not exact matches
Agnosticism is not
BETWEEN Atheism and Theism.
Ultimately, then, religious faith,
agnosticism, atheism, and everything in
between are all ultimately world views.
He closes with a personal take, acknowledging there is a connection
between pantheism,
agnosticism and atheism.
Agnosticism is not a position
between atheist and theism.
Similarly,
agnosticism is not a place
between theism and atheism, it is the position that we can not or do not know that gods exist.
From my early 20s on, I would waver
between atheism and
agnosticism, never coming close to considering that God could be real.
It is irrational for a strong atheist to make that claim The difference
between weak atheism and
agnosticism is -0 -, symantics.
In some senses,
agnosticism is a stance about the difference
between belief and knowledge, rather than about any specific claim or belief.