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[–] draaaak ago  (edited ago)

You sure that's where you got the definition? I see you didn't provide a direct link... maybe that's because that's not the definition they have on their site:

Atheism:

  1. the doctrine or belief that there is no God.

  2. disbelief in the existence of a supreme being or beings.

This is what you claimed their definition is:

disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods.

hmmm... not quite the same, is it?... Seems you might be trying to get away from being a believer in there being no god.

If you are an atheist, then you believe there is no god. If you were unsure, then you would not be an atheist.

Agnostic:

  1. a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience.

  2. a person who denies or doubts the possibility of ultimate knowledge in some area of study.

  3. a person who holds neither of two opposing positions on a topic

Obviously, it's the first definition of "agnostic" that is applicable in this discussion. Agnostics are not just "disbelievers", agnostics are certain that, not only is there no evidence, but that, because of the nature of the supposed "supernatural", acquisition of evidence is impossible.

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[–] Reddiggoat ago 

Whatever the first google result was then I don't keep track of this stuff. Either way, labels don't really matter to atheists or whatever you want to call us - you get over the "unknowable" pretty quickly and then move on to "don't care".

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[–] draaaak ago 

Of course labels matter to atheists, they absolutely love labels, like "atheist" and "theist"... You're not the first atheist I've interacted with btw. I've been down this road many times before. When I prove to them that they are religious zealots just like the rest, they always fall back on nihilism. It's all very predictable tbo.