Agnostic Spectrum of Probabilities - The God Delusion

The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins has a section called "The Poverty of Agnosticism" which obviously criticizes agnosticism. He's a renowned author for disbelief and the book is great except for that section. Most of the section is a misunderstanding or misrepresentation of agnosticism with its focus on God.

Dawkins asks "How about the question of God? Should we be agnostic about him too?" The words "God" and "him" tells me he's talking about the very specific Abrahamic God. That God is unbelievable and unproven when you apply the scientific method advocated by agnosticism. If an agnostic believes in that God then they should rightfully identify as whichever flavor of theism matches their belief and primary concern for the subject. The question of that specific God is the wrong question concerning agnosticism.

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