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comment by am_Unition
am_Unition  ·  3608 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Poll - What religion are you Hubski?

I'm agnostic as well, but can't reconcile agnosticism with atheism.

Atheism is a certainty of the absence of god(s); Agnosticism implies it's futile to declare certainty one way or the other, as we lack the insight to definitively know.

That's how I understand it, at least.





doommaggot  ·  3608 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Agnostic is the opposite of gnostic, and deals with knowledge rather than faith. Gnostic atheist would be certain that no gods exist. Agnostic atheist is I don't think there is enough knowledge to say for sure, but I don't believe in a god.

Agnostic by itself is also used, I don't like this as it's definition is trying to force atheist to mean something that most atheists don't agree with by calling it a belief in the lack of god rather than just the lack of belief in a god.