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| | Agnosticism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Agnostic spiritualism—the view that there may or may not be a god (or gods,) while maintaining a general personal belief in a spiritual aspect of reality, particularly without distinct religious basis, or adherence to any established doctrine or dogma. | | | Agnosticism is the philosophical view that the truth or falsity of certain claims—particularly theological claims regarding the existence of God or gods—is unknown, unknowable, or incoherent. | | | Huxley's agnosticism is believed to be a natural consequence of the intellectual and philosophical conditions of the 1860s, when clerical intolerance was trying to suppress scientific discoveries which appeared to clash with a literal reading of the Book of Genesis and other established Jewish and Christian doctrines. |
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| | Spiral Nature - Philosophy - Agnosticism - Agnosticism - The Basics |
| | Agnosticism states that knowledge of gods cannot be known, whereas with theism and atheism the argument lies with the belief in the existence of gods. | | | In fact, there exists agnostic theism, which is the belief in gods without claiming to know for sure whether or not those gods exist; and agnostic atheism, which is the disbelief in gods without claiming to know for certain whether or not those gods exist. | | | Agnosticism is often misunderstood to mean that a person is merely undecided as to whether or not gods exist; when actually agnostics believe that such knowledge simply isn't possible. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Agnosticism |
| | The Agnostic, by treating the question of God's nature apart from the question of God's existence, cuts himself off from the only possible natural means of knowing, and then turns about to convert his fault of method into a philosophy of the Unknowable. | | | The Agnostic does not always merely abstain from either affirming or denying the existence of God, but crosses over to the old position of theoretic Atheism and, on the plea of insufficient evidence, ceases even to believe that God exists. | | | The Agnostic denial of the ability of human reason to know God is directly opposed to Catholic Faith. |
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| | Agnosticism |
| | Agnosticism is very close to the religious dogma that the ways of god are unfathomable, that human reason is fallible, and that man requires a different, non-scientific, path to the truth -- such as faith. | | | Huxley held that there was a "god" and this was implicit in his definition of agnosticism. | | | Agnostic followers are always allies of the church. |
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| | Rationale for an Agnostic Church and an Agnostic Bible. | | | Intending to show that agnosticism is a legitimate religious doctrine, not just indecision between belief and disbelief in god. | | | Agnosticism: Being Uncertain About the Existence of God |
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| | weak agnosticism |
| | Even though the strong agnostic contends that there is currently available no good evidence for the existence of God, she holds that what is rationally required is merely refusal to assent either to the claim that God exists or to the claim that God does not exist. | | | The strong agnostic claims that it is not rational to believe in the existence of the God of traditional Western theism--i.e. | | | However, unlike some atheists, the strong agnostic does not believe either: (i) that talk of such a God is meaningless or incoherent; or (ii) that the concept of such a God is inconsistent or incoherent; or (iii) that the existence of such a God is ruled out by evidence which is available to all, e.g. |
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| | BBC - h2g2 - Agnosticism |
| | Agnosticism is therefore distinct in being the only religious belief system that does not, in fact, involve belief in anything. | | | Other agnostics are former theists who have lost faith in their religious beliefs, usually because of traumatic events in their lives. | | | People who are unsure whether or not they believe in God (or gods) are said to be agnostic. |
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| | What is agnosticism? agnostic? |
| | The principal argument of agnostics is that of wisdom. | | | This form of agnosticism is asserted as being a refusal, on principle. | | | We should hope for them that this form of agnosticism is a transitory one, that it will be transformed into a calmed agnosticism (that of "wisdom") or will evolve to belief (deism, Buddhism) or to atheism. |
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http://atheisme.free.fr/Atheisme/Agnosticism.htm
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| | Agnosticism |
| | In modern times, agnosticism became prevalent during the 18th and 19th centuries, mainly because of the growing mass of scientific data that seemed to contradict the biblical position and because of the disagreement of theologians and church authorities over the use of textual and historical criticism in the interpretation of the Bible. | | | Agnosticism is a term generally used for the view that we do not know either in practice or in principle whether there is a God or not. | | | The theist asserts God's existence, the atheist denies it, while the agnostic professes ignorance about it, the existence of God being an insoluble problem for him. |
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| | KtB - The New Agnosticism? |
| | An agnostic, they tell me, is a person who remains aloof from fixed religious identities while preserving at the same time a vague faith in some higher power. | | | The agnostic has heard talk of God in heaven, the truth of which he can neither confirm nor deny. | | | The deists of the 18th century shared with new agnostics a belief in a higher power. |
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| | Agnosticism (1889) |
| | Agnosticism exercised the orators of the Church Congress at Manchester. | | | As to agnosticism being a distinctive faith, I have already shown that it cannot possibly be anything of the kind, unless perfect faith in logic is distinctive of agnostics; which, after all, it may be. | | | The agnostic, according to his view, is a person who says he has no means of attaining a scientific knowledge of the unseen world or of the future; by which somewhat loose phraseology Dr. Wace presumably means the theological unseen world and future. |
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http://aleph0.clarku.edu/huxley/CE5/Agn.html
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| | Agnostic Community |
| | Agnosticism is the rejection of belief at all. | | | It’s the rejection of believing in god, but it is also the rejection of believing that god doesn’t exist. | | | Atheism is the belief that god does not exist. |
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| | Agnosticism is the position of believing that knowledge of the existence or non-existence of God is impossible. | | | The agnostic holds that human knowledge is limited to the natural world, that the mind is incapable of knowledge of the supernatural. | | | The agnostic atheist simply finds no compelling reason to believe in God. |
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| | [Understanding Atheism and Agnosticism] A180.net |
| | Many Christians are "agnostic" in the sense that they accept their beliefs "by faith" with no desire to possess certain knowledge or have proof to support their beliefs. | | | Agnosticism is an epistemological position; that is, agnosticism concerns knowledge, particularly one's knowledge of God (or lack thereof). | | | An agnostic could be one who simply professes ignorance (i.e., a lack of knowledge) about God, and neither affirms nor denies the existence of God. |
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| | AGNOSTICISM |
| | There are more self-identified Agnostics than Atheists in the U.S. The number of Agnostics exceeds the number of followers of each of the organized religions, except for Christianity, Judaism, Islam and Buddhism. | | | No, because Agnostics do not believe in a God, or a Goddess, or in multiple Gods, or multiple Goddesses or in a pantheon of Gods and Goddesses. | | | That I take to be the agnostic faith, which if a man keep whole and undefiled, he shall not be ashamed to look the universe in the face, whatever the future may have in store for him. |
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| | Atheism, Agnosticism, and Skepticism |
| | An agnostic is one who believes there is insufficient evidence to prove or disprove the existence or nonexistence of God or gods. | | | William and Mabel Sahakian say that agnosticism "refers to a neutralist view on the question of the existence of God; it is the view of the person who elects to remain in a state of suspended judgment" (Sahakian and Sahakian, Ideas, p. | | | Christians who often encounter non-believers (agnostics or atheists) find that many arguments against the existence of God or the claims of Christianity are basically claims that one cannot know. |
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http://www.greatcom.org/resources/handbook_of_todays_religions/04chap01
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| | DISF - Interdisciplinary Encyclopaedia of Religion and Science Agnosticism |
| | Thus the critique of agnosticism consists in casting light upon the difficulty and, in a certain way, the absurdity of the position of one who affirms that the meaning of existence cannot be known and that yet this meaning nonetheless exists and needs to be affirmed on a moral and religious level. | | | In a certain way, modernism is a consequence of Kantian agnosticism on the theological plane in that “the modernists place the foundation of their religious philosophy in that doctrine which is commonly called “agnosticism”. | | | One can say that “scientific agnosticism” constitutes the flip side of metaphysical agnosticism, in as much as it presupposes it and radicalizes it by affirming the primacy of an “agnostic” scientific knowledge, being indifferent in principle to the great themes of metaphysics, particularly those of religion. |
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| | agnosticism - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about agnosticism |
| | Whereas an atheist (see atheism) denies the existence of God or gods, an agnostic asserts that God or a First Cause is one of those concepts (others include the Absolute, infinity, eternity, and immortality) that lie beyond the reach of human intelligence, and therefore can be neither confirmed nor denied. | | | He wrote essays from an ‘agnostic’ viewpoint (a term he introduced) and held that scientific discoveries had neither given support to, nor discredited, religious faith. | | | Come along, or it will be dark before we get to Stourcastle, and there's no place we can sleep at nearer than that; besides, we must get through another chapter of A COUNTERBLAST TO AGNOSTICISM before we turn in, now I have taken the trouble to bring the book. |
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| | Agnostic |
| | By definition, an agnostic is not committed to believing in or disbelieving in the existence of God. | | | Nevertheless, while agnosticism claims to "sit on the fence," many agnostics are "practical atheists," in that they actively pursue the atheistic lifestyle; that is, they tend to subscribe to moral relativism and live out their lives without any concern for ultimate accountability. | | | An agnostic is one who believes that the existence of God is unknown and most likely beyond human ability to discover. |
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| | Agnosticism - Wikiquote |
| | That I take to be the agnostic faith, which if a man keep whole and undefiled, he shall not be ashamed to look the universe in the face, whatever the future may have in store for him." | | | "Agnosticism simply means that a man shall not say he knows or believes that for which he has no grounds for professing to believe." | | | "We should be agnostic about those things for which there is no evidence. |
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| | agnosticism -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! |
| | Agnosticism may mean no more than the suspension of judgment on ultimate questions because of insufficient evidence, or it may constitute a rejection of traditional Christian tenets. | | | But if this expression is not to be contradictory, it has to be taken to refer to an acceptance of the agnostic principle, combined either with a conviction that at least some minimum of affirmative doctrine can be established on adequate grounds, or else with the sort of religion or religiousness that makes no very... | | | The term has come to be equated in popular parlance with skepticism about religious questions in general and in particular with the rejection of traditional Christian beliefs under the impact of modern scientific... |
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http://www.britannica.com/ebc/article-9354743?tocId=9354743
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| | Where the atheist says that God does not exist, the agnostic says that reason can never be used to prove the existence of a being who transcends reason, and whether or not He exists, He does not intervene in human affairs, making speculation about His existence moot. | | | The distinguishing characteristic of Victorian unbelief was the degree to which it became an alternative to traditional religion, and when men like Leslie Stephen and W.K. Clifford began calling themselves Agnostics, Agnosticism achieved the kind of success which Comte had tried to create for Positivism (which Huxley had dismissed as "Catholicism minus Christianity"). | | | For the first time, men and women who could not accept the dogmas required by religions could avail themselves of a body of logical argument. |
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| | Deep Agnosticism |
| | Now, it seems to me that an agnostic Buddhist would not regard the Dharma as a source from which we can derive answers to the questions of where the universe is going, where the universe came from, the nature of the universe, the difference between the mind and the body and so on. | | | Huxley even described agnosticism as the agnostic faith, in other words, giving the kind of seriousness and commitment that you would normally reserve for religion. | | | This deep agnosticism is not just a stance, but it is an attitude that can be cultivated through practice, through stilling and focusing the mind on the question and it is another commonality between Tibetan and Zen analysis. |
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| | A GOD FIGHT for all religions |
| | When engaging in philosphical discussions, especially about the existence of God, agnostics are usually met with much indignation from both the theistic and atheistic sides of the issue. | | | Read a definition of agnosticism, and survey its beliefs and practices. | | | Discussion board for agnostic mothers posts a definition of agnosticism and provides links to articles on spirituality. |
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http://groups.msn.com/AGODFIGHTforallreligions/agnosticsm.msnw?pgmarket=en-us
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| | Agnosticism: A Symposium (1884) |
| | It simply means that a man shall not say he knows or believes that which he has no scientific grounds for professing to know or believe. | | | I have no doubt that scientific criticism will prove destructive to the forms of supernaturalism which enter into the constitution of existing religions. | | | But I speak only for myself in endeavoring to answer these questions. |
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http://aleph0.clarku.edu/huxley/UnColl/Rdetc/AgnAnn.html
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| | Welcome to The Universal Church Triumphant of the Apathetic Agnostic |
| | The Church of the Apathetic Agnostic welcomes you to | | | Welcome to The Universal Church Triumphant of the Apathetic Agnostic | | | ll material on this site is original and is copyright © The Universal Church Triumphant of the Apathetic Agnostic and John Tyrrell (1996 - 2004, 2005, 2006) except where otherwise indicated. |
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| | Agnosticism Agnostic Agnostics Questia.com Online Library |
| | In Agnosticism 1889 he uses the story of the Gadarene swine as a wedge...early prophetic Judaism and the later... | | | ...Stephen made the classic exposition of agnosticism; and he attempted in a wider sphere...LOSES HIS FAITH 162 VI. | | | Full-text books and articles on agnosticism are available exclusively at Questia. |
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| | Philosophical Dictionary: Aesthetics-Altruism |
| | In this, the agnostic, who holds that we cannot know whether or not god exists, differs from the atheist, who denies that god exists. | | | The term is used especially in reference to our lack of knowledge of the existence of god. | | | Why I Am Not a Christian, and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects |
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| | Glossary of Terms: Ag |
| | Agnosticism is an extension of Scepticism in that while scepticism is always a valid aspect of investigation, Agnosticism elevates this doubt into an absolute denial of the possibility of knowledge. | | | Usually used to mean denying the possibility of knowing the nature or existence of God, but used by Marxists with the meaning of denying the possibility of knowledge of the objective world. | | | Agnosticism has various forms: some agnostics see an objective existence of the material world (eg. |
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| | I read eagerly Strauss' Life of Christ, in which he contended that the Gospel account was on a par with the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome, and that Christ was simply a myth, probably taken from the Hindu God Krishna. | | | Here is a sample of one who thus found Christ, taken from J. Clarke's booklet, Does God reveal Himself to men? | | | In effect, the agnostic is neither logical nor philosophical, for, whilst he acknowledges there is a God, he will not allow that God can reveal Himself to the creatures of His own bands. |
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| | Dictionary of the History of Ideas |
| | the agnostic, firmly in the empiricist tradition, denies | | | The dialectic of the argument over agnosticism is | | | We shall then take agnosticism to be the more |
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| | I have long opposed such people by asserting this argument to be a fallacious form of bifurcation. | | | The Agnostic Church by Bill Schultz (Off Site) | | | The three main articles about agnosticism are "Agnosticism," "Agnosticism: A Rejoinder," and "Agnosticism and Christianity," all published in The Nineteenth Century in 1889. |
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| | Agnosticism |
| | My basic beliefs are that I know that there are things that are completely unknowable. | | | I do not pretend to know the things that other fools are sure of.".. | | | Some say that Agnosticism is the only real religious choice of the "thinking man"... |
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| | Alexa - Browse: Agnosticism |
| | Top > Society > Religion and Spirituality > Opposing Views > Agnosticism | | | A Belief in God: What does the Bible say? | | | Why absolute agnosticism about a theistic god is incoherent |
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| | Free Message Boards and Online Forums at VoyForums - Category Listing |
| | Discussion about Agnosticism - Agnosticism message boards for people to see and post. | | | The Shrine - Open discussion of Buddhism and related topics. | | | Imagine There's No Heaven - A forum dedicated to the support of agnosticism. |
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| | The Difference Dictionary:A |
| | Agnosticism - The philosophical belief that knowledge of God is impossible because of the inherent, insuperable limitations of the human mind. | | | The term was coined by T.H. Huxley about 1870, who, though not the concept's originator, was perhaps its most widely known champion in the latter half of the 19th century. | | | The young Oscar Wilde was closely identified with it, and his dress and affectations were ridiculed and parodied by Punch and, more gently, by Gilbert and Sullivan. |
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| | Atheism, Atheists, What Atheists Believe, About Atheism, Agnosticism, Agnostics, What Agnostics Believe, About ... |
| | Agnostics are inclined to question the existence of supernatural being(s) or a force, e.g., the answer to whether or not God (or Deity) exists would be: "We do not and/or cannot know." | | | Atheism, Atheists, What Atheists Believe, About Atheism, Agnosticism, Agnostics, What Agnostics Believe, About Agnosticism -- Beliefnet.com | | | Atheists' beliefs are similar to those of the Secular Humanists but do not necessarily include the emphasis on humanity's ability to improve the human condition. |
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| | Agnosticism |
| | Note: The purpose of this site is NOT to impose my beliefs on anyone else; rather, it is to inform people about agnosticism and provide a resource for those who are either considering agnosticism, doubting theistic religion, or simply curious. | | | Here, agnosticism is defined, described and compared and contrasted with atheism and other secular philosophies. | | | The purpose of this webpage is to provide a resource on agnosticism for believers and skeptics alike. |
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| | Agnosticism |
| | In ordinary conversation the term 'agnosticism' usually means doubt about the existence of God, or (more strongly), the view that no one can know whether or not God exists. | | | There are of course many religious nuts and other ignorant people who deny at least some of these things. | | | Philosophical agnosticism (or epistemological agnosticism) is a generalization of that view to all of knowledge; it is the theory that no one can ever really know anything, or at least that no one can know anything for certain. |
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| | Christianity and Agnosticism |
| | The opening paper, which led directly to those that follow, was read at the Church Congress in Manchester in 1888. | | | Huxley while it was going on, and its direct bearing on the question at issue is a sufficient reason for its insertion. | | | Huxley, over the question of the true significance of agnosticism, and incidentally of the limits of natural knowledge; and the difficulty of getting at the complete discussion when scattered thorough different publications, have induced the publishers to bring the articles together in a single volume. |
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| | Why I Am an Agnostic (Robert G. Ingersoll) |
| | We can flood our years with sunshine -- with the divine climate of kindness, and we can drain to the last drop the golden cup of joy. | | | Why I Am an Agnostic (Robert G. Ingersoll) | | | For the most part we inherit our opinions. |
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| | Freethought Association of West Michigan - atheism, humanism, agnosticism, atheists, humanists, agnostics, skeptics, ... |
| | Topics addressed by the group include science, religion, philosophy, social issues, politics, atheism, humanism, agnosticism, skepticism, deism, evolution, morality and ethics, secularism, rationalism, psychology, and others. | | | All human values should be grounded in a profound respect for life, personal freedom and the universe in which we live. | | | We are an independent 501c3 non-profit educational corporation affiliated with the Council for Secular Humanism, American Atheists, and the American Humanist Association. |
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| | MIT Atheists, Agnostics, and Humanists |
| | MITAAH provides an open and supportive environment for atheists, agnostics, Humanists, and other students skeptical of religious claims to discuss issues of relevance to freethinkers. | | | The MIT Atheists, Agnostics, and Humanists group (known as MITAAH -- pronunciation still a matter of debate), as described in the MITAAH Constitution, became an officially recognized student activity on December 9, 1996. | | | Our meetings are open to anyone who would like to explore secular outlooks on life, or just wants to gain an understanding of our perspectives. |
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| | mikechampion's weblog : "SOAP is Dead" -- if you believe the echo chamber |
| | There are a range of technologies available to developers: some simple, some complex; some MS-specific, some Java-specific, some platform-neutral; some Web-based, some protocol-neutral; some tightly coupled, some loosely coupled; some favor up-front design, some are more evolutionary. | | | To jump to the bottom line, I'm not defending the faith, I'm defending agnosticism. | | | I'll use Carlos Perez's post [someone I don't know personally] as the whipping boy, just to get back at him for "Mike Champion of course is prepared to defend the faith" :-) |
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http://blogs.msdn.com/mikechampion/archive/2005/02/20/376975.aspx
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| | Agnosticism -- Beliefnet.com |
| | Surprisingly, agnostic sensualist Oscar Wilde admired Christ as a creative force that gave voice to the voiceless. | | | A Jew and an agnostic decide who to turn to for advice. |
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| | AGNOSIS: The History and Future of Agnosticism / Agnostic Resource |
| | AGNOSIS: The History and Future of Agnosticism / Agnostic Resource | | | Welcome to AGNOSIS, the internet's premiere website dedicated to providing information on the epistemological perspective of Agnosticism and other areas of philosophical intrigue. | | | AGNOSIS is updated and edited by Thomas Hill and Graham Porterfield |
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