Agnostic or Atheist ? I don’t give a shit about labels .Just more bullshit to divide people so one group can criticize the other ,which I have seen once in awhile over two years here .

Agnosticism IS non-belief.

Based on my experience: Atheists and Agnostics agree that other people's beliefs are none of our business. For that reason alone, I think this post is misdirected.

Forever as far as I am concerned .Why the hell would I as an agnostic fall off this fence as you put it .

Sometimes the atheists think this is their site. So we collide sometimes but nobody gets seriously wounded as best I know. I seem to stay agnostic because the more I read, the more questions there are than answers.

Each person is different. Case closed.

Ummm, there are Agnostic Timelines & Agnostic Police to check on this...? Or you think there should be?

I'm either immune or tone deaf to the A vs. A vibe, but then I'm a nullifidian. It seems to me that one can remain an agnostic for life, as The Great Agnostic, Robert Green Ingersoll did, and I count Ingersoll as one of my intellectual role models.

I've not noticed the "vibe" of which you speak. And to assume that sooner or later th agnostic will fall is a false assumption.

Given how objectively ridiculous the claims of religion are, I don't see how everyone isn't already atheist.

Agnostic atheist here(as opposed to gnostic atheist). Are you talking about true agnostics? I would think those are the rarest form. Most are already leaning one way or another ( this group leans towards non-belief).

Since the question is posed in such a way that facts are not the priority and opinion is, then I would have to say that it just depends. It depends on the person, it depends on their cultural environment, it depends on what other exterior influences would drive a fence sitter to one side of the fence or the other as opposed to just remain sitting on the fence.

My son 15, was telling me last night that he is some kind of Atheist at some kind of stage.
So I asked him this morning what he meant by that.
And he said something along the lines of believing in a Higher Power, but not in any God, because God needs to prove that he exists. Actual proof.

I sez, "I think you're referencing being Agnostic. Not sure, but I claimed that territory for many years. Until I actually really thought about this. You do the same. Find out for yourself."

Then he sez, "what I know about Atheists is everyone thinks you're Devil Worshippers."
I sez, "Yeah, we all have to be some kind of crazy to make everyone happy, don't we?"

Then he made a connection between heavy metal music and how "people" only listen for the "satan" parts and nothing else. ( I guess to justify their prejudice) Connections!..... Smart Kid!

We had a good laugh before school this morning

Well your question is misinformed and based on subjective opinion. Sooo why would you expect a factually accurate reply to a question like this?

I don’t know, or more specifically, I don’t care!

Thanks to everyone for their comments.
In popular parlance, "agnosticism means not sure of god's existence whereas "atheism" menas a surety that god (or gods) do not exist. Which is where you get your fence metaphor from.
However, many would define the terms differently.
Atheism has to do with belief. I am an atheist because I do not believe any god(s) exist.
I am also an agnostic; I have no knowledge of any god(s). I am not 100% certain that a god (or gods) exist. I have not seen any evidence for his/her/its/their existence. But given the immensity of the universe...

You can choose what to believe for as long as you want??? I don't think there is a rule with regards to a time line. If there is I missed it. I am an Agnostic with an Atheist leaning and have been for as long as I can recall, however I like to think that I am open minded enough to accept anything that may change my mind at any time. Always open to new idea's or facts. I have been waiting on those idea's and facts for a few decades now but always open to etc etc......

Between eons and a nanosecond.

It strikes me that equating agnosticism with a fence is a false position, as opinions can range 100% certainty that the God of the Bible exists to 100% certainty that the God of the Bible cannot exist.

After I left the Catholic religion I don't feel interesting to put myself in any category. I created my own belief and non belief without religions or Gods. I can't fall off the fence again because I jumped off from it long time ago.

There is no set time of waffling about the existence of an invisible deity.

Everyone is different. At age five, I scoffed at ridiculous Bible stories in Sunday school. They were like Grimm's Fairy Tales to me.

"Mom, I decided I'm an atheist," I said at 13. "That's fine, honey," she replied. "What do you want for dinner?"

In my 30s, Mom told me she became an atheist in nursing school. "I realized a woman cannot be turned into salt," she said and laughed.

Agnosticism, while it may be conditional, is already non-belief. It simply means one is open to the idea of the existence of a god, should should adequate evidence be presented. In that respect, I am an agnostic atheist, albeit a pessimistic one.

55 years so far. Agnostic is not a fence. It's not a holding pattern waiting for the right runway to land on. Agnostic is about evidence and not inventing solutions to problems that don't apply to real life. Scientific methodology. Religion is a social/psychological construct that has some social/psychological value but has no natural applications. Believe, not believe, not really an Agnostic problem. If you are having trouble understanding maybe Atheism should be your choice.

Agnosticism may sometimes be a half way house for those travelling either into unbelief or faith, but for others, it is a logical position that, as an agnostic sees it, it is not possible to know if God exists or not. Thus the doubt is a settled position, an objective doubt as opposed to a subjective feeling.

Being agnostic is not about fence sitting, its about being honest with yourself about knowledge. I don't know and/or can't know if a higher power exists, so to be intellectually honest with myself I must take an agnostic stance. With that said I consider myself 99.9% atheist and .1 percent agnostic.

About 30 years so far