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Originally Posted by Axiomatic WIki
I'm an Atheist, which is not to say that I deny any possibility that a god exists, a common misconception, and something people often associate with atheists. I really get annoyed when people say things like "I don't believe in god but I don't deny it so I am agnostic and not an atheist", the term Atheist means nothing more than Not a theist, the prefix A meaning not.
Sorry for that slightly random rant, It is just something that has been on my mind a lot lately.
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Caveman summed it up nicely. Atheos - without god(s). By associating yourself as an atheist you assert that there is no god. By associating yourself as an agnost (in the barest sense) you assert that you do not have sufficient knowledge of a god and therefore reserve judgement. So, I'm afraid to say that the misconception is yours and your rant unfounded.