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"I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure that's all agnosticism means" -Clarence Darrow
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For one thing, it's not a religion! An 'agnostic' is 'one who doesn't know that there is a god.' I'm an atheist-agnostic, as the terms "atheist" and "agnostic" are not mutally exclusive.
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Not sure.
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There is no such thing. Agnosticism is just an admission that gods COULD exist, however unlikely a particular agnostic finds that idea.
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It's not a religion. It's like not knowing whether one collects comics, and that's obviously not a hobby. Some Agnostics point out that 'one can never know for sure so why should one take a position'. That's a flawed argument for two reasons: 1) Things that exist leave evidence, it's possible to imagine a universe where God actually appears to people (as claimed in the OT), so postive knowledge is possible. 2) While one cannot 100%ly disprove the eixstance of ANYTHING, who of us actually thinks it's likely that pink unicorns exist, or that next time I open my wardrobe I'll walk into Narnia? Agnostics must by their own logic be totally 'undecided' about whether there is Narnia in their wardrobe. So really, the only way Agnosticism makes sense is for people who genuinely believe that the probablity that God may exist is around 50%, or at least higher than 1%. The ohters would be more honest to just call themself atheists. That's just my opinion.
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