I've been trying to understand the definition of the term, so help a sista out. What led you to define yourself as such, and what would it take, if there is anything, to sway you to one side of the fence or the other, so to speak?
Serious question-I'm not baggin on anybody, or looking for retarded answers from discriminating bible beaters, or starting a question for the points junkies here.
2006-12-15 21:07:17 · 1 answers · asked by dragonlady 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Agnosticism (from the Greek a, meaning "without" and gnosis, "knowledge", translating to unknowable) is the philosophical view that the truth value of certain claims — particularly theological claims regarding metaphysics, afterlife or the existence of God, god(s), or deities — is unknown or (possibly) inherently unknowable. Some agnostics take a stronger view that the concept of a deity is incoherent, thus meaningless and irrelevant to life. The term is used to describe those who are unconvinced or noncommittal about the existence of deities as well as about other matters of religion. Early Christian church leaders used the Greek word gnosis (knowledge) to describe "spiritual knowledge". "Agnostic" was introduced by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1869 to describe his philosophy. Agnosticism is not to be confused with religious views opposing the doctrine of gnosis and Gnosticism— these are religious concepts that are not generally related to agnosticism.
2006-12-15 22:19:13 · answer #1 · answered by cooperman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋