and what are some sentences that would go with at word if you were writing a sentence?
2007-01-26 02:58:42 · 4 answers · asked by shanipooh2004 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
This sums it up pretty well:
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. "Agnostic" was introduced by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1869 to describe his philosophy. The term agnostic is also 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". 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.
Agnostics claim either that it is not possible to have absolute or certain knowledge or, alternatively, that while certainty may be possible, they personally have no knowledge. Agnosticism in both cases involves some form of skepticism.
2007-01-26 03:41:34 · answer #1 · answered by Velouria 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One who believes that the existence of God can neither be proved nor disproved.
2007-01-26 18:06:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that you do not know if there is a God. That is different from an atheist, who believes theres is no God.
2007-01-26 11:03:16 · answer #3 · answered by mjk300 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You dont care to know.
2007-01-26 11:05:55 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋