Agnostic and gnostic atheism aren't real positions. And literally every position has the burden of proof. There is no position which lacks the burden of proof.
Onus probandi incumbit ei qui dicit, non ei qui negat. To state that one doesn't believe in divinity since there is insufficient proof of divinity is to proclaim atheism without any need to prove atheism is true.
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To state that one doesn't believe in divinity because there is insufficient proof is accepting the burden of proof and making an argument for the position you're defending.
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What part of "non ei qui negat" don't you understand?
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It's a legal standard which has nothing to do with philosophical arguments and both atheists and theists are affirming a position.
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Ok, what's fascinating is that you appear to be doing what that link is calling a fallacy, that is denying that you have the burden of proof for your position. It's wrong for theists to argue that they don't have the burden of proof, but it's also wrong for atheists to do so.
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I have not denied that I have burden of proof for my position. I have denied that atheism necessitates a burden of proof since not all atheism necessarily rests upon the positive claim of the non-existence of divinity.
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Atheism necessitates the burden of proof because literally every position necessitates the burden of proof. Agnosticism necessitates the burden of proof as well.
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You: Santa Claus is real! Me: I don't believe you... You: PROVE IT!!!
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Furthermore, while agnosticism and atheism are separate, they are not mutually exclusive. Agnosticism is the claim that divinity is unknown or unknowable, whereas atheism is a rejection of theism which may be characterized as a lack of belief and thus justified by agnosticism.
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Atheism is the belief that god does not exist. That's incompatible with agnosticism.
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Atheism is a rejection of theism and not necessarily the positive belief that god does not exist. Atheism refers to a lack of belief. Agnosticism says nothing of belief.
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Atheism is the belief that god does not exist. Agnosticism was a position carved out specifically in rejection of both atheism and theism, which only makes sense of atheism is a claim about the existence of god (Huxley was an interesting figure in this regard)
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and the term is used in the relevant literature as a positive position about the belief in god.
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