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A J Ayer discusses this in Chapter 6 of "Language, Truth and Logic."
1. Theists believe the proposition, "God exists" is true.
Ayer claims that "God exists" is strictly meaningless because it cannot be verified.
2. Atheists believe that the proposition, "God does not exist" is true.
Ayer claims that this too is meaningless because it cannot be verified.
3. Agnostics believe that one of the following propositions is true, but aren't sure which:
Either "God exists"
or "God does not exist."
Ayer says that as both propositions are unverifiable, this is not a sensible position to adopt.
Hence he declines to desribe himself as either a theist, atheist or agnostic, and suggests that the whole debate is meaningless. Scientists study verifiable phenomena.
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