Really nice post. I was trying to explain only a few days ago that just because I don’t think anyone can be perfectly sure about anything, including the existence of deities, doesn’t make me agnostic *instead* of atheist. I’m both! I’m agnostic about everything, but that doesn’t mean I hold no strong opinions or beliefs or that I think there’s a 50/50 chance of gravity going downwards each day. I just think you never get to 100% confidence about anything. Nature of imperfect sensors, incomplete data, and all that.

I suppose it’s about labels for other people vs the labels they use for themselves. But I don’t know how to resolve the problem that there’s very often a disparity between the two.