Faith is usually defined as belief beyond evidence, in other words, you belief something, such as god, without any evidence.
Agnosticism is having a belief in a deity, while believing the existence of that deity is inherently unknowable. so, from the point of view of an agnostic, they can believe in god and also believe there is no evidence to prove gods existence. thus, belief without evidence.
christians and many different religions seem to always have evidence for their belief in god's existence. From this point of view they would not have faith, for faith is belief without evidence.
so, it seems that agnostics are the ones with faith, while the thesist (christians etc...) are the one without faith. maybe that explains the many problems with todays religions.
2006-11-14 16:36:56 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think you may have your terms a little off.
An agnostic is someone who feels that the belief in a diety cannot be proven therefore his or her own belief is one of ambivalence. They don't necessarily have faith, but they don't necessarily deny God's existence either. They are simply saying they don't know.
A person who has a belief in a diety, but feeling the existence of that diety, or it's characteristics is unknowable would be a mystic.
2006-11-14 16:48:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agnostics usually say that they don't believe one way or the other. Not believing in a deity that is unknowable, just not ruling out the possibility of a deity completely.
2006-11-15 00:40:45 · answer #2 · answered by ....... 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agnosticism is believing that whether or not there is a god or goddess is unknowable, not a belief in god but believing that it can't be proven. Agnosticism is more neutral.
2006-11-15 00:44:19 · answer #3 · answered by Rageling 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Semi-interesting bit of semantics here.
The evidence of God that I have is not idependently verifiable. That is, it is evidence in my soul--not evidence in the world, not evidence that could be distilled in a laboratory. So, in your definition of "evidence," is there latitude for unsearchable evidence?
2006-11-15 00:40:56 · answer #4 · answered by Gestalt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no knowledge that there is a God, it is unprovable either way. Maybe there is and maybe there isn't.
2006-11-15 00:40:37 · answer #5 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋