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Old 09-12-2002, 02:15 AM  
Joe Sixpack
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Originally posted by On-top



I agree. The term agnostic actually has several meanings, anyways. I usually claim the first.

ag·nos·tic
- a. One who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God.
- b. One who is skeptical about the existence of God but does not profess true atheism.
Most atheists do not deny the existence of God, they just have no belief. Look at the word itself: a-theism
"a" = greek prefix meaning negative
"theism" = belief in god/gods

a-theism = no belief in god/gods

Look at Agnostic in the same way:
"a" = negative
"gnosis" = greek root meaning knowledge.

Gnosticism/agnosticism deals with knowledge, not belief.
An agnostic is someone who belives that the supernatural (of which god obviously must belong), if it exists, lies outside the scope of human knowledge.
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