As Christians believe in one true God,would people of other religions who do not believe in the Christian God,consider them to be agnostic?
2006-11-29 09:49:03 · 7 answers · asked by rosbif 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
in the most literal and eytomological sense of the word agnostic yes as it literally means: no (a) wisdom (gnosis), but in the actual usage of the word it would be incorrect to call christians agnostic
2006-11-29 09:54:22 · answer #1 · answered by weissengel86 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most are. Gnostics believe they have direct information of their god. An agnostic believes that you can't know the divine directly.
Some Christians think they get direct communication from God, so they are definitely Gnostic. However, many claim that God is unknowable and talk about God moving in mysterious ways and being unproveable. The whole idea of "faith" is that you believe a god to exist without having (or requiring) evidence. That is more of an agnostic position.
Classically, agnostic has nothing to do with whether you believe a god exists or not, but whether you believe you can demonstrate the existence of a god.
2006-11-29 09:51:38 · answer #2 · answered by nondescript 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am some form of agnostic
havebeen for a long time,
i am unsure whether thereis a god or is not a God, or if there there is or isnt a hell or heaven
i dont know what to believe in so i just believe in being as good as possible and staying alive and living day to day,
until some day i figure it out, one way or another
until then i dont know, i have no idea,
im sure im not alone here :D
happy easter :D
R
2006-11-29 10:07:36 · answer #3 · answered by mr wabbit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, agnostic means you believe that one cannot know whether god exists or not.
you cannot prove he exists and u cannot prove he doesnt.
christians believe he does for a fact. and christians belief in a specific god.
2006-11-29 09:54:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Huh? Agnostic essentially means that you don't place faith in the unknown. Christians, in their belief of God, place faith in the unknown... therefore they are not Agnostic.
2006-11-29 09:52:04 · answer #5 · answered by Pazu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe so. There's various Christian/Catholic religions. But we do believe in one God and in Jesus.
2006-11-29 09:50:43 · answer #6 · answered by Kristen H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probobly
2006-11-29 09:51:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋