I'm Jewish (since I totally messed up my first post in here).
בקצה השמיים, ובסוף המדבר, יש מקום רחוק מלא פרחי בר
מקום קטן, עלוב ומשוגע, מקום רחוק מקום לדאגה
יש אומרים שם שמשיקרה וחושבים אל כל מה שקרה
אלוהים שם יושב ורואה ושומר אל כל משברא
אסור לקטוף את פרחי הגן
אסור לקטוף את פרחי הגן
ודואג ודואג נורא
Agnosticism basically says you can't know about the existence of a god.
As such, it's totally compatible with (weak) atheism.
Originally posted by Henri Poincaré
The scientist does not study nature because it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it, and he takes pleasure in it because it is beautiful.
I thought Agnostic was a form of indifference. As in, you don't believe in religion, but not necessarily against the idea of God.
I'm 100% sure I'm right.
That would be atheism if you don't believe in religion. But you're right--not knowing is agnosticism. (I should have written "can't or don't know")That's why I wanted to mention that they work together.
Originally posted by Wikipedia
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.
Originally posted by allaboutphilosophy.org
The English term "agnostic" is derived from the Greek "agnostos," which means, "to not know." An agnostic is one who admits, "I don't know." The term is applied specifically to those who don't know for certain whether or not God exists. An agnostic is one who believes that the existence of God is unknown and most likely beyond human ability to discover.
Originally posted by Henri Poincaré
The scientist does not study nature because it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it, and he takes pleasure in it because it is beautiful.
No, atheism is the lack of assertion in the belief of god. Agnostics falls into this category too. They don't pick a side for whether they believe in god, so it falls under atheism.
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