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Originally posted by gothweb
Gnosticism is not the root of agnosticism. Both have gnosis, or knowledge, as their root. Agnosticism is not the opposite of gnosticism. Come on.
Agnostic... "a-" as in "non" and gnostic as in "knowledge"... Not having knowledge. Not being sure.
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True.
So an agnostic is one who admits to having no knowledge of 'god'. Again, this does not deal with the concept of belief.
Someone who is an atheist or a-theist, is basically a non theist i.e. does not hold a belief in theism. Take careful note that in no way does this mean that an atheist DENIES the existence of god. Of course, some atheists might try to and some refer to this as "strong" athiesm but atheism in its pure form is just non theism.
a-theism deals with belief
a-gnosticism deals with knowledge.
They are actually complementary positions.