What exactly does agnostic mean?
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The term derives from two Greek words  "a" and "gnosis" which translate as "the opposite/against/un-/non-" and "to know" respectively.\n\nGnostics in the bible were ones who sought, not to know science) but to know as much as they could about God.\n\nLiterally then, an a-gnostic is one who, unlike an a-theist (who is against God), is one who wishes not to know anything about God.  However, in popular definition an agnostic who does not know what to believe about God.
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I wrote the following in a blog on God's coherence (source below):\n------------\nBefore I begin, I’m going to define some terms for the purpose of this discussion. These are by no means concrete and we can define them further if need be.\n\nAtheist: Someone without the belief in God. It is not necessarily a position where the person says affirmatively that God does not exist. Atheist is a general statement about a non belief in any God concept.\n\nHard Atheist: This is the person who says that God does not exist, affirmatively.\n\nWeak Atheist: This is a person who does not feel that there is any quality evidence for the existence of God. They do not rule the concept of God out definitely, but they see no reason to believe in any of the Gods they know of.\n\nAgnostic: Agnosticism is not a position on whether one believes in God or not, it is a position on whether one believes that it is possible to know positively whether God exists or not. Additionally it’s a position on whether God can be known through experience.
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agnostic means you're not sure if there is a god or not . . .\n\natheist is when you believe there is no god
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Someone who is against religion is called "unreligious" or "irreligious". An antitheist COULD refer to someone who is against religion.\n\nAn agnostic is someone who neither believes in any specific deity, nor denies any specific deity's existence. Agnostics are neutral or undecided in terms of religion.\n\nSomeone who is jaded is void of emotion or is incapable of love.\n\nNon-denominational is a type of Christian that does not conform to an organized denomination of the Christian faith (i.e. Catholic, Protestant, Mormon, Baptist, etc.), and interprets the Bible individually as he/she feels the Bible is supposed to be interpreted.\n\nSomeone who is anticlerical is someone who opposes the influence of religion in political affairs, and supports the separation of church and state.\n\nA materialist is a philosophical term that can be coined as someone who is similar to an Atheist's view of religion, or it can refer to someone who believes physical well-being and material possessions are the greatest good and of the highest value in life.\n\nAn apostate can refer to anyone who has abandoned their religion, or their their political party, or principles, or a cause.
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Atheism is itself a religion, people who practice it accept on faith that there is no God. As such, they can be just as intolerant as members of any religion. Agnostics are wishy-washy theological bums that can't be bothered to have an opinion. The only way to truly practice principled secularism, is through Deism.
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I'm a Christian. Also I might be mistaken but you cant be agnostic and atheist. agnostic is not sure God exists. Atheist means you are sure that God doesn't exist.
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Agnostic believes that there is not enough evidence to either  support or deny the existence of a diety. An athiest means that they do not believe in the diety of the community God.  This typically refers to the JCIG (Judaic Christian Islamic God) or any diety in general.
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Agnosticism is a doubt that there is enough evidence to prove the existence of god one way or the other.  There are both atheistic and theistic agnostics.  The atheistic agnostics believe there is no conclusive evidence, but lean towards atheist conclusions; theistic agnostics also do not think there is conclusive evidence, but lean towards there being a god, just an unknowable one.  A common criticism of agnosticism in general is that by avoiding a choice, you are still choosing, in effect choosing atheism.
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Atheist or Nihilist.\n\nAn Atheist, by strict definition, is someone who doesn't believe in God. That doesn't mean that Atheists can't believe in other things.\n\nA Nihilist on the other hand doesn't believe in anything whatsoever.
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The terms come from Greek.\nGnosticism is a historical term for various mystical initiatory religions, sects and knowledge schools which were most active in the first few centuries. These systems typically recommend the pursuit of mysticism or "special knowledge" (gnosis) as the central goal of life. \n\nthe "a-" prefix in Greek means the negative/un-/not \n\nA-gnostics were opposed to this...as such that includes Christianity.\n\nTheists, believers in a god (not necessarily the Christian God), have only this in common.  \n\nA-theists, only reject the one proposition, ie that God exists.  Atheists aren't all necessarily rational, ethical, logical, or anything else. \n\nGeneralizations and assumptions about all theists are just as invalid and unwarranted as generalizations and assumptions about all atheists.
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MY FAITH IS IN ME. I BELIEVE IN ME. I AM AN AGNOSTIC
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Atheism means not believing in a god.  Nontheism is not a word in common use. Perhaps you mean monotheism, which refers to the belief in one god.
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I would agree that I'm not sure you can be both.\n\nMy understanding of Agnostic is one who is unconvinced on the existance of a higher being...which would leave it open to their possibly encountering something that convinces them. Basically they don't know one way or the other, so they choose to err on the side of caution and not put their faith in something intangible.\n\nWhile an Athiest is someone who is adamantly convinced there is no higher power.\n\nOne of my favorite lines from the tv show "Northern Exposure" is "I respect Athiests, I think it takes a lot of faith to not believe in God."\n\nI personally beleive in God, while not subscribing to any particular organized religion, and so far this is working out pretty well for me! :)\n\nTake care and God Bless you too! :)
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Agnostic, I imagine.  Although what you're explaining could be Judaism as well...
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I think you may have your terms a little off.  \n\nAn 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.  \n\nA 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.
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Example:\n\n"Do you believe in a Supreme Being?"\n\nAtheist: "No"\n\nAgnostic: "There is no evidence either way, so I don't know what I believe." (translation into English: "No.")\n\nAgnostics are wimpy atheists more concerned about what others think than expressing their real opinions.\n\nAdditional comment:\n\nThe "why" is irrelevant; agnostics do not believe in a Supreme Being and are atheists.
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Atheist is someone who doesn't believe in God, I have never heard the term anti-theist but I would imagine it is someone who believes in God, but is against God, a non-theist is probably the same as an atheist.