# Are you a Theist, Agnostic, Atheist or Antitheist?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-theist-agnostic-atheist-or-antitheist/535994>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 13, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-theist-agnostic-atheist-or-antitheist/535994 "2010-04-13T22:49:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-theist-agnostic-atheist-or-antitheist/535994/41 "2010-04-19T20:55:15Z")

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> [@Waenara](#):
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> Since the poll only lets you pick one answer, I put atheist. I think I am both atheist and agnostic.
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> Atheist - I wasn’t raised in any religion and I see to reason/evidence to believe there is a god so I don’t believe in any god
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> Agnostic - agnosticism is a statement about _knowledge_ - I think it’s probably impossible to know either way if there is a god(s) or not - I can’t imagine any evidence that could definitely prove _or_ disprove the existence of god(s)

You’ve defined my views perfectly, however, I chose agnostic for the poll. I think the agnostic part is more important to me that the atheist part.

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-theist-agnostic-atheist-or-antitheist/535994/42 "2010-05-09T04:35:07Z")

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I chose atheist, but agnostic and antitheist would also apply.

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**Author:** ![NoiseBomb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/49beb7/32.png) [@NoiseBomb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoiseBomb)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-theist-agnostic-atheist-or-antitheist/535994/43 "2010-05-09T21:32:32Z")

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I don’t know if there is anything beyond or greater than this physical world we live in. However, I am willing to accept that there is, and admit that it is not impossible, but I need proof (not faith) before I will say that there is something there. Regardless, whether or not there is, I have too much crap to deal with in this life to worry about what’s waiting for me in the next one, if the next one is anything beyond an eternal dirt nap.

Not sure what that makes me, but I call myself agnostic when the need for a label arises.

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