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Atheists & Agnostics
In reply to the discussion: So my S.O. just informed me she may be joining a fundy church [View all]Zoomie1986
(1,213 posts)47. Agnostic isn't a religious position.
I don't know why people think it is. It isn't a middle ground between theism and atheism. Deism occupies that position, not agnosticism.
Almost all atheists are agnostic; Richard Dawkins is one of them. Many liberal Christians and Jews are as well. The word itself tells you why agnostics can be either believers or non-believers. Agnostic. The a=without, while gnostic comes from the Greek gnosis = knowledge of gods. If it were a belief position, one would use (a)theist, from the Greek theós = gods or belief in gods.
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