What does being athiest mean to you?

[uc2]

maverick40 said:

Rath said:

maverick40 said:
an atheist is just as ignorant as a religious person. I am agnostic.

haha that was funny. I don't feel superior to both at all. As a scientist i need proof about all these things and there is no proof that god does or doesn't exist. 

 

As a scientist you should know better than to expect a proof of non-existence.  

Agnosticism/Gnosticism  deal with knowledge an Theism/Atheism deal with beliefs.  If a question is asked, "Do you believe in God ?" and you answer "yes" you're a theist, anything else, including "I don'k know",  you're an atheist. 

I don't know if there is/isn't a god, that makes me an Agnostic,  I don't have a belief that god(s) exist(s) and that makes me an Atheist,  I do if fact believe, the same way I believe that there are no elves/goblins/pixies, etc.,  tentatively, until evidence to the contrary is available, that no gods exist and that's Positive Atheism, and I don't with for existance of any gods that makes me an Anti-Theist.