I think that once again we are trying to modify reality and subvert definitions  Agnostic is a scientific term when used in this manner  An agnostic is unable to prove the existence of something  Thus it is a common religious dilemma Thomas Huxley first coined the term for scientific purposes Charles Darwin is a good applied example since he wrote extensively about his religious agnosticism  There is nothing inconsistent about being a religious agnostic it is not at all close to being an atheist