Atheism / Agnosticism Posting

I like the About.com article posting because it looks at how to distinguish Atheism from Agnosticism, and vice versa in a simplified manner. The other required reading also examines the rationality of the argument atheism versus agnosticism, however this piece simply focuses on Agnosticism holding its own ground as a valid category and stance on the "knowledge of whether gods may exist or not instead of a belief in whether god does or does not exist." The author Austin Cline makes a point that there may be theistic agnostics, who "may believe in a god without claiming to know for sure the god exists," or atheistic agnostics which claim "to disbelieve gods exist but claim to not know for sure."

I also concur the degrees of agnosticism make it well-suited for either theism or atheism. In many ways one could compare it to the social classes of our society, particularly the great variances of middle class; upper and lower. Negative social views plague that of lower classes as they do for atheists. They may be seen as narrow minded, however theists may be seen in this light just as easily for their persistent history of moving into territories and converting individuals, disrupting traditional belief and custom because the theists way was the right and only way to live. I do not think it is fair to hold anyone absolutely to their prior belief of theology without waiver because part of human nature is growth of knowledge and resources, and from discussions of naturalism and supernaturalism, none of us may rationally be certain of the belief in deities or god(s).