2006-11-16 07:13:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Somebody who doubts that a particular question has a single correct answer or that a complete understanding of something can be attained
2006-11-16 07:19:25 · answer #1 · answered by LIZ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agnosticism means believing that the life of God or gods is unknowable through the concepts of guy and/or lady. it fairly is the definition. maximum Atheists are if truth be told Agnostics who have self assurance there is no data for the life of God and, lacking data, it can be assumed there is no God. (And IMO this makes ideal experience because it isn't plausible to educate a adverse, yet very plausible to educate a good, so if there's a God, there could be data obtainable.) OTOH there are a range of Christians who're also technically Agnostics because they have self assurance it can all be taken on faith, which isn't data, no count number what some would want to have self assurance. and there is not some thing wishy washy about Agnosticism. that's a well-liked, very agency conception that the data isn't obtainable.
2016-11-24 22:54:08 · answer #2 · answered by knaus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Etymologically speaking, "gnosis" is Greek for "knowledge". The stem "a-" is negative. So literally, it means: "not knowing". An agnostic doubts the existence of God but is open to the possibility.
2006-11-16 07:32:20 · answer #3 · answered by skepsis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ag‧nos‧tic
–noun 1. a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience.
2. a person who denies or doubts the possibility of ultimate knowledge in some area of study.
–adjective 3. of or pertaining to agnostics or agnosticism.
4. asserting the uncertainty of all claims to knowledge.
2006-11-16 07:15:42 · answer #4 · answered by N 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
an agnostic is not someone who isn't "sure" whether or not there is a god, an agnostic is someone who thinks it's impossible to know whether or not there is a god, big difference
2006-11-16 07:21:04 · answer #5 · answered by Nick F 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Agnostics aren't sure whether there is a God or not.
2006-11-16 07:16:08 · answer #6 · answered by vlalto 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
to put it simply an Agnostic believes that God exists but seriously doubts His williness or ability to come to the aid of mankind,and supposes that God has lost His power.
2006-11-16 07:17:49 · answer #7 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It means only the belief in a higher power..not necessarily the God of the Bible or Koran, just the possibility that there may be or may not be a higher power.
It's basically faith in a possibility of an almighty God, not the confession that one does exist
2006-11-16 07:16:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
That's a person who believes that the existence of God is unknown and not knowable. Not an atheist though.
2006-11-16 07:16:24 · answer #9 · answered by tumbleweed1954 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Straddling the fence.Undecided on whether to believe or not believe.
2006-11-16 07:15:22 · answer #10 · answered by Derek B 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋