agnosticism

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Yet his examples suggest this agnosticism is a little overdone.

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  1. noun The doctrine that certainty about first principles or absolute truth is unattainable and that only perceptual phenomena are objects of exact knowledge.
  2. noun The belief that there can be no proof either that God exists or that God does not exist.

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  • In order to meet this demand, Huxley invented the word agnosticism , to serve as a label for his own attitude. —  Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work
  • There's no need to censor all mention of this topic, but it would be more professional and appropriate to simply stick to the known facts and state that "Conservapedia has learned that CMI is planning to publish major articles critiquing atheism and agnosticism, and will provide updates on this as soon as these articles are available." —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • The First Amendment ban on Congress making a "law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" was intended to prevent the establishment of a national church, like the Church of England, not to make agnosticism or atheism the national religion or to ban prayer at presidential inaugurations. —  ChronWatch - Articles
  • According to the article, agnosticism is not atheism, and I know many people who hold this view as well. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • Indefinte inquiry often leads to agnosticism, though less often true atheism. —  orrologion
 

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/ægˈnɑstɪsɪzm/
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