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If you think that humanity might possibly find evidence of a god in the future, that still makes you an atheist today.
Lol, what? That's absolutely not the case. What do you think the difference between atheism and agnosticism is?? Atheism is the belief that there is no God, period. Nothing waits for us after death, just oblivion. Agnosticism is the belief that there's something out there, we're just not sure what.
Generally none. I assume the "agnostic" part whenever someone says they are an atheist.
Now gnostic atheism is a different beast entirely.
Then you'd be talking about someone who thinks we'll never know if a God exists, which is an agnostic atheist. But atheism and agnosticism by themselves aren't the same.
It absolutely IS the case. If you don't believe in a god, you're an atheist. End of story. If you're open to the idea of there being a god, but don't believe in any of the ones presented thus far, you're still an atheist.
That's incorrect. Agnosticism is the idea that "the existence of God, of the divine or the supernatural is unknown or unknowable". The idea there there's something out there is not agnosticism, it's just really weak theism.