No, agnostic means:Fenris_GreyClaw wrote:
Dosent agnostic mean that you aren't attached to any religion?Scorpion0x17 wrote:
I had to Null Vote. I'm neither religious nor atheist. Nor am I agnostic.
I.e. an agnostic believes that the existance, or non-existance of one or more God(s) can neither be proven nor disproven.dictionary.com wrote:
ag‧nos‧tic /ægˈnɒstɪk/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ag-nos-tik] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience.
2. a person who denies or doubts the possibility of ultimate knowledge in some area of study.
–adjective
3. of or pertaining to agnostics or agnosticism.
4. asserting the uncertainty of all claims to knowledge.
Doesn't actually mean that they don't believe that God(s) exist or not!
Often confused with:
Which kinda does mean 'that you aren't attached to any religion' - though some call atheism a religion....dictionary.com wrote:
a‧the‧ist /ˈeɪθiɪst/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ey-thee-ist] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings.
In it's literal sense 'atheist' means 'no religion'.
I am Scorpion0x17. I am skeptical (in the dictionary definition sense, not the skeptic society (whom, in my opinion have no right to call themselves 'skeptics') sense, incidently) - I neither believe nor disbelieve.Fenris_GreyClaw wrote:
if your not agnostic, WTF are you?
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