Is Agnostic a belief or religion?
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Its a belief\n\nAgnosticism is the philosophical view that the truth values of certain claims—particularly theological claims regarding the existence of God, gods, or deities—are unknown, inherently unknowable, or incoherent, and therefore, (some agnostics may go as far to say) irrelevant to life. The term and the related agnostic were coined by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1869, and are also used to describe those who are unconvinced or noncommittal about the existence of deities as well as other matters of religion. The word agnostic comes from the Greek a (without) and gnosis (knowledge). Agnosticism is not to be confused with a view specifically opposing the doctrine of gnosis and Gnosticism—these are religious concepts that are not generally related to agnosticism.\n\nAgnosticism is distinct from, but compatible with, atheism. It is also compatible with theism. This is because agnosticism is a view about knowledge concerning God, whereas theism and atheism are beliefs (or lack thereof) concerning God. For example, it is possible to believe in God but to believe that knowledge about God is not obtainable.\n\nAgnostics may claim that it isn't possible to have absolute or certain spiritual knowledge or, alternatively, that while certainty may be possible, they personally have no such knowledge. Agnosticism in both cases involves some form of skepticism towards religious statements.\n\nSome claim that there is nothing distinctive in being an agnostic because even theists do not claim to know God exists, only to believe it, and many even agree there is room for doubt; and atheists in the broader sense do not claim to know there is no God, only not to believe in one.
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It's not agnostic. Agnostic means you believe there is no proof of the existence or absence of God. It is simply a way of saying you choose not to choose. In other words, an agnostic draws NO conclusions on a spiritual level. An agnostic truly has an open mind.\n\nThe belief in an undefined higher power is simply your personal sense of spirituality. Your own brand of religion if you will. Anyway, thinking for yourself and living by your own moral code is definitely the healthier and far more intelligent alternative to pre-packaged organized religion (like Christianity).
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First off, agnosticism and atheism are not mutually exclusive, for the former deals with knowledge and the latter deals with belief.  I am an agnostic atheist, for I claim no knowledge of the existence of any gods, and therefore I hold no belief in any.  You also seem to be an agnostic atheist.  Most people take the term "atheist" to mean "a person who knows there is no god and doesn't believe in one."  This is the other kind of atheist, a gnostic atheist.  Most atheists are of the former, agnostic variety.\n\nThe reason why theists want to debate you are surely many, though I have come to believe through my experience (which is similar to yours) that religious people feel like they are being presented with an opportunity to save someone's soul when I tell them I am an atheist.  You see, many religious people get some wacky ideas about atheists (and gays, for that matter) from their respective churches: that we have no morals, that we eat babies, that gays being allowed to marry will open the door for people to marry their pets (swear on my honor, I heard a pastor at an Austin church say that on TV one Sunday morning).\n\nThey are too used to letting men of the cloth do their thinking for them, and the men of the cloth tell them that their job is to witness to others.  Save those souls, for they know not what they do.  \n\nThe problem with this line of thinking, of course, is that we DO know why we think the way we do, specifically because the fairy tale doesn't make sense.  We pulled back the curtain to find that there is no wizard.  Most American atheists were once believers, and it has been claimed by many an atheist at The Atheist Network (website listed below) that the single greatest argument AGAINST Christianity is The Holy Bible.  There are enough inconsistencies, false prophecies, and flat out lies to get anyone who is serious about searching for truth and meaning to deconvert.  Unfortunately, most people are so weak-minded that they won't allow themselves to admit they may be wrong about their beliefs and so continue their lives under misguded delusions.
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Yes I believe in God, but not the way traditional Christians do.  I'm a Gnostic Christian.
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Someone who is against religion is called "unreligious" or "irreligious". An antitheist COULD refer to someone who is against religion.\n\nAn agnostic is someone who neither believes in any specific deity, nor denies any specific deity's existence. Agnostics are neutral or undecided in terms of religion.\n\nSomeone who is jaded is void of emotion or is incapable of love.\n\nNon-denominational is a type of Christian that does not conform to an organized denomination of the Christian faith (i.e. Catholic, Protestant, Mormon, Baptist, etc.), and interprets the Bible individually as he/she feels the Bible is supposed to be interpreted.\n\nSomeone who is anticlerical is someone who opposes the influence of religion in political affairs, and supports the separation of church and state.\n\nA materialist is a philosophical term that can be coined as someone who is similar to an Atheist's view of religion, or it can refer to someone who believes physical well-being and material possessions are the greatest good and of the highest value in life.\n\nAn apostate can refer to anyone who has abandoned their religion, or their their political party, or principles, or a cause.
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they probably have atheist and agnostic mixed up
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Sure, why not....unless it is merely out of frustration or to annoy your folks.\nIf you truly believe that there is no God, no Divinity, then you already are an athiest.\nOn the other hand, if you simply reject 98% of what organized religion tells you about God and His plan, then you're an Agnostic.
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Aethiest does not believe in God. At all. Period.\n\nAgnostic litterally means doubt, so they think maybe there is a god but is not sure.
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I can see your point. Indeed, most agnostics should admit that, ultimately, they are atheists.\n\nIf there is some agnostic around who doesn't agree on this, please explain us why you define yourself agnostic about God but not about Santa Claus.\n\nThe same goes for all the infinite things that you don't believe but cannot disprove ("right now there is a bottle of tequila orbiting around Pluto", "there must be an unicorn somewhere on Earth", "the person who is writing this (Flavio) is an intelligent computer", etc.)
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I'm an Agnostic from India, if you need any help e-mail me at avik_d2000@yahoo.co.in.
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An atheist can very well have a belief system.  Being an atheist just means that you lack belief in a god or gods.  An atheist could believe in UFOs, alien abductions, Santa Claus, etc.  \n\nI, however, am a skeptic, an Objectivist, a Bright (depending on the nomenclature you are using).\n\nI try to have as few belief as possible.  I try to hold a scientific worldview.  I take in data/information and try to understand what I am learning.  I make guesses/theories about how the data relate.  When I make up a guess, I then test it to make sure it's correct.  If it fails, then I continue to use that theory until a better one comes along.  If a better one comes along, then I reject the old one.\n\nA good example of this is the sunrise.  Do you believe that the sun rises in the East?  I don't.  I have a scientific theory that the earth rotates and revolves around the sun.  I test my theory every day because my theory PREDICTS the sun will appear on the eastern horizon.  \n\nYou might say that a scientific worldview cannot account for everything in reality.  Really?  Like what?  A soul?  I don't believe that exists either.\n\nI could be wrong.  Before bacteria were seen under a microscope, people believed that disease was  caused by disruptions of the 4 humours.  If I was a skeptic back then, I would have denied the existence of bacteria... until a scientific theory could come about and explain and predict their existence.  So if someone were to present to me concrete evidence of a god... then I would admit that I am wrong and become a believer.\n\n-------------------------------\nAgnosticism and atheism are kissing cousins.  Still, does a agnostic believe in Santa Claus?  Why or why not?  There is no evidence for Santa to exist... but there is always the possibility.  I deny Santa's existence, while a true agnostic could never say yes or no.\n\nBasically, there is a ton of bullhsit out there.  There are hundreds, if not thousands, of religions in the world.  This doesn't include ones that have died out or ones that have yet to be created.  I withhold belief until I find evidence for one that is correct.  Sure I could sometimes be wrong with my worldview/philosophy... but science/logic/rational thought has a far better track record in only a few hundred years than all of the history of religions.\n---------\nAlso, I think you have a misunderstanding on what a "freethinker" is.  A freethinker is someone who looks at life/reality without superstition... someone who uses rational thought.  There is no evidence for a supernatural being... so that falls outside of "freethinker".
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Last night I went to a great agnostic and atheist websit with 20,000 articles, let me see if I can find it...\n\nOh, and d man, being agnostic is not so simple. I am one too, you should open your mind up slightly.
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I'm kind of a bi-believer :\n\nTechnically speaking I am an agnostic because I can't prove the existence of god one way or the other.\n\nHowever, I am currently working under the assumption that there is no god because of the utter lack of evidence.\n\nSome people just like to sit on the fence, I guess.\n\nA
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An atheist does not believe in a higher power.  An agnostic isn't sure if there is one or not, and typically an agnostic doesn't go seeking for spirituality or answers to that question.
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Faith - no matter the religion or lack there of faith is a common element.  Once faith is lost and there are no more believers it moves to the realm of myth.  Even the atheist and the agnostic have faith - the athiest has faith no diety exists and the agnostic has faith that someone will prove conclusively that the diety does or does not exist.
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I'm agnostic in the proper sense of the word as it was intended by the person who coined it, Thomas Huxley.  It was meant to describe a person who holds the view that it is wrong to assert the truth of a proposition without logically satisfactory evidence. Since he invented it, people have taken it to mean someone who says that we can never know whether or not a god exists, but this is far from what Huxley intended by the word. I would prefer to stick with his original meaning, and on that basis I consider myself an agnostic atheist.\n\nNote that Christians, Muslims and any other kind of theist, as well as atheists, can all be agnostic in the proper sense of the word.
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"Religion is commonly defined as a group of beliefs concerning the supernatural, sacred, or divine, and the moral codes, practices, values, institutions, and rituals associated with such belief." \n\nScience can be your religion if you want it to be. Not all religions believe in a God, it is more about a life style. Religion is something you hold great truth to. It is the most important thing in your life. It is what you live for. That is the way I understand it anyway.