What would be a good definition for the word Agnostic?
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Null toward religion or even disbelief of any deity
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An agnostic thinks it impossible to know the truth in matters such as God and the future life with which Christianity and other religions are concerned. Or, if not impossible, at least impossible at the present time.
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An Agnostic is one who does not accept the existence of God nor reject the possibility of the existence of God. The answer to this undying question will be known only in death.
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An agnostic's position is one of ignorance. That is, an agnostic is someone who does not know anything about God (or gods, maybe). However, agnosticism is not a middle ground between theism and atheism (even though that's how people insist on using it, so much that it is now virtually synonymous with taking the middle ground in any situation). An agnostic can still believe in a god, but simply does not know anything about that god. Another difference between certain kinds of agnostics is that some believe it is impossible to learn anything about god, and others believe that god can be known and they simply do not know now.
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"The practice of sitting on the fence"
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Someone who doesn't know if there is a god or not.
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don't know, don't care?
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An "I don't knower" or "I'm not surer" An Agnostic is mid-way between a Believer and a Non-believer
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indecisive
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I'm an agnostic. I like how this website explains it. It is a middle ground but the term also has many variations. http://www.religioustolerance.org/agnostic.htm
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Someone who is not sure about the existance of a god.
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An agnostic person is one that is willing to put only one foot in the pool. They're curious about the deep end, but are unwilling to jump in...
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denial or I know someday when I get around to it.
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Someone who doesn't know and doesn't care about religious beliefs.
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• Agnosticism • Agnosticism assumes a number of forms. In certain cases the agnostic refrains from denying God; instead he postulates the existence of a transcendent being which is incapable of revealing itself, and about which nothing can be said. In other cases, the agnostic makes no judgment about God's existence, declaring it impossible to prove, or even to affirm or deny. Agnosticism can sometimes include a certain search for God, but it can equally express indifferentism, a flight from the ultimate question of existence, and a sluggish moral conscience. Agnosticism is all too often equivalent to practical atheism. For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 2127 and 2128: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt3sect2chpt1.shtml#2127 With love in Christ.
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I think an Agnostic sees the question of knowledge as more pressing than the question of belief. To me, "I don't know" is more concise and to the point than "I don't believe", allthough I personally can say both things.
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Without knowledge.
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