meaning of atheism agnosticism was krillean photography sci med removed from followups and i do not read any of the other newsgroups in article apr rosevax rosemount com grante aquarius rosemount com grant edwards writes as a self proclaimed atheist my position is that i believe that there is no god i don t claim to have any proof i interpret the agnostic position as having no beliefs about god s existence that s fine these words have multiple meanings as a self proclaimed atheist i believe that some conceptions of god are inconsistent or in conflict with fact and i lack belief in other conceptions of god merely because there is no reason for me to believe in these i usually use the word agnostic to mean someone who believes that the existence of a god is unknown inherently unknowable note that this is a positive belief that is quite different from not believing in a god i do not believe in a god but i also do not believe the agnostic claim russell
