[MD] a-theism and atheism

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[Ian]
>  Agnosticism can only ever be an incomplete or temporary state.

Agnosticism is the view that we do not have complete knowledge about god:
in particular, whether god exists or not.  So, it is by definition an incomplete state.
But there is no reason to think we will ever know the answer to whether god exists or not,
so it need not be a temporary state.
 Craig