wot does agnostic mean?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

ag·nos·tic

ag·nos·tic [ag nóstik]
(plural ag·nos·tics)
n
1. somebody denying God’s existence is provable: somebody who believes that it is impossible to know whether or not God exists
2. somebody denying something is knowable: somebody who doubts that a particular question has a single correct answer or that a complete understanding of something can be attained
I’m an agnostic concerning space aliens.



[Mid-19th century. Coined (reputedly by the English biologist and religious skeptic T. H. Huxley (1825-1895) in 1869, although an earlier use of the word has been recorded) from a-2 + gnostic .]


-ag·nos·tic, adj
-ag·nos·ti·cal·ly, adv
Encarta ® World English Dictionary © & (P) 1998-2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Answer 3

Agnosticism is the philosophical view that the (truth) values of certain claims—particularly theological claims regarding the existence of God, gods, or deities—are unknown, inherently unknowable, or incoherent, and therefore, (some agnostics may go as far as to say) irrelevant to life.

The term and the related agnostic were coined by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1869, and are also used to describe those who are unconvinced or noncommittal about the existence of deities as well as other matters of religion.

The word agnostic comes from the Greek a (without) and gnosis (knowledge). Agnosticism is not to be confused with a view specifically opposing the doctrine of gnosis and Gnosticism—these are religious concepts that are not generally related to agnosticism.

Answer 4

Someone who does not know what path to God is correct, so they admit that they do not know the answers. They believe in unbelief. I was an agnostic before becoming a Christian, but eventually found that there was a "truth" out there, despite the fact that I didn't like it when Christians sometime witness in a pushy way.

Answer 5

ag·nos·tic (ăg-nŏs'tĭk) pronunciation
n.

1.
1. One who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God.
2. One who is skeptical about the existence of God but does not profess true atheism.
2. One who is doubtful or noncommittal about something.

adj.

1. Relating to or being an agnostic.
2. Doubtful or noncommittal: “Though I am agnostic on what terms to use, I have no doubt that human infants come with an enormous ‘acquisitiveness’ for discovering patterns” (William H. Calvin).

Answer 6

What does "wot" mean? Don't worry about agnostic, you are not ready for big words yet.

Answer 7

An agnostic is some1 who Only accepts the belief in something when they witness it with their own Eyes.

But most a know do believe in God but do not have any concept of Faith

Answer 8

1 : a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (as God) is unknown and probably unknowable; broadly : one who is not committed to believing in either the existence or the nonexistence of God or a god
2 : a person unwilling to commit to an opinion about something

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Answer 9

Basically an agnostic is someone who takes no position on the exsitence of God -- he doesn't believe in God, but doesn't affirmatively deny the existence of God either. Presumably he is willing to be convinced, just hasn't been yet.

Answer 10

Agnostics say that it is impossible to know whether or not a Higher Power exists .

Answer 11

Everyone has faith, it is a question of what you believe. Theist's have faith in the existence of God. Atheist's have faith in the non existence of God. Agnostics have faith in the belief, that they don't know whether God exists or not. So, there are three positions concerning faith in God, Yes, No and I don't know. Agnostics are the latter.