By ''belief'' I refer to the colloquial definition, that a person believes X if they hold that, by a correct epistemic standard, the proposition X is justified. By ''to some degree'' I'm referring to a level of certainty; a person can be certain of a belief, they can believe that all evidence points towards the belief but that it may still be wrong, etc. Do note that I'm simply trying to more rigorously speak of colloquial terms, so I could easily be wrong about my definitions. I agree with the agnostic position (as I'd consider myself an agnostic atheist), but I don't quite understand agnostic theism/deism/polytheism (and I'd like to stress that I'm not saying it's invalid, but that I personally do not yet understand it). Perhaps you can help me here. As you said, an agnostic is defined as someone who holds zero certainty as to the existence of god(s). It should follow from this that an agnostic does not explicitly hold the belief that God exists. An atheist is then defined as someone who does not hold the belief that God exists. Shouldn't agnostics then be atheists? Or is an agnostic theist/deist/polytheist someone who is agnostic, but has the intuition/feeling that god(s) exist? Thanks. I apologize that I didn't know you were referring to agnosticism, which is likely the source of a lot of our disagreement and my misconception here.