This is a good point, so I looked into what other people have said about the two of them. The thing I think which most succinctly summarises my current understa

This is a good point, so I looked into what other people have said about the two of them. The thing I think which most succinctly summarises my current understanding would be these arguments from [0]: An atheist disbelieves assertions of the existence of a deity or deities and believes the burden of proof is on those who say there is a god. An agnostic disbelieves assertions that the existence of a deity or deities has been demonstrated, but also disbelieves assertions that the nonexistence of a deity or deities has been demonstrated. Specifically, an atheist is not saying that there is no god, just that we don't have proof for any god. A 'Strong Atheist' may go on to affirm that there are no gods at all, but that is not required for atheism. Based on this, I think I was talking about atheism in the most part, but with a bit of agnosticism thrown in. [0] http://www.diffen.com/difference/Agnostic_vs_Atheist http://www.diffen.com/difference/Agnostic_vs_Atheist