Hello, I wish I had found this site sooner, as I have ping-ponged between agnosticism and atheism for a long time. I seem to have settled into a more relaxed agnosticism, but I have had a very hard time finding people to discuss this topic with. Taking a middle approach has made theists dismiss me as an atheist and atheists dismiss me as a theist. I can't seem to win. I think this has actually cost me a few friendships in the past. But I guess if that's all those friendships balanced on, then they probably weren't very solid friendships anyway. Sadly, I have found many atheists just as intolerant and closed-minded as many of the theists they criticize. So I've sometimes experienced atheism as just "one more religious mindset." In any case, I don't practice any religion, but I have studied many of them and remain fascinated by religion and how humans relate to it. After having agnosticism in my head for years, I finally decided to read some books about it. I just started "Agnosticism: A Very Short Introduction." It seemed like a decent starting point. I look forward to surfing the threads.