What do you call someone who is not sure whether they do or do not believe in God?

Answer 1

Atheist.

Answer

In short, the answer is atheist, but a clarification is warrented here because atheist/theist isn't the only label needed to describe what someone believes on this subject, and it can get confusing.

The person in question is atheist because belief in a deity is a positive claim and said person is not claiming to believe in any form of a deity. i.e. Any answer other than "yes" to the question "do you believe in a deity?" makes you an atheist. This includes an answer of "I don't know."

However, this also means they are agnostic. The two terms are not mutually exclusive. Agnostic/gnostic describes what you claim to know while atheist/thiest goes to what you believe.

So, because the answer to "do you believe in a deity?" would be "no" or, more likely, "I don't know" this makes them atheist. The fact they are not claiming to know either way also makes them agnostic.

Also, in addition to "agnostic atheist," due to the unsure nature of the person, the person may also be described as a "weak" agnostic atheist. "Strong" agnostic atheist would be used to describe someone like Richard Dawkins who doesn't believe in a diety, doesn't claim to know this is sure, but he thinks it is very unlikely as so lives as if there is no diety. Note: strong does not mean gnostic... it only means you've very sure and it would require a lot of solid evidence to convince you of the existence of a deity.

Gnostic atheists would be those that claim to know for a fact there is no deity. There are very few of these, and I actually can't think of any well-known atheists that are gnostic on the subject.

To sum up:

Agnostic/gnostic - what you claim to know

Atheist/theist - what you claim to believe

Weak/strong - how certain you are of a position (As noted above: strong does not mean gnostic.)

Answer 2

Someone who doesn't know whether god exists is called agnostic. Someone who needs evidence to prove it is an atheist.
People who are not sure if there is a god are called agnostics.
An agnostic doesn't necessarily believe there is a God but doesn't rule out the possibility. An atheist believes completely that there is no God.

Answer 3

Agnostic,

a. One who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God.

b. One who is skeptical about the existence of God but does not profess true Atheism.

Answer 4

A person who is unsure about the existence of God is called an agnostic while a person who does not believe in the existence of God is called an atheist.

Keep in mind that any belief system that cannot be proven is a religion - including atheism. Moreover, there are alternate definitions of what "God" may be. For example, there are those who believe "God" to not be a personality at all, but a nonliving and infinite higher power on the Other Side which judges all according to character; that many mystics and near-death experiencers refer to as The Breath of God, The Light of God, or simply as The Light.

The obvious question is in reference to the Space God that manifested The Big Bang. Believing in a higher power or The Light is not in conflict with Intelligent Design but it does clash with the Judeo-Christian-Islamic conception of one infinite God personality - that many feel does not exist.

Answer 5

agnostic

Answer 6

Monotheistic

Answer 7

NP