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McGhee
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Basically i just dont understand what the Agnostic’s believe or if they believe anything, do they have a church or are they even considered protestant just any info would be helpful 
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fred_conty
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It is a person who ignores God if there is one. The person has no knowledge of God but dosen’t deny that there might be one. Occasionally a person may be dissilluioned by their former faith in God, and then evolve into sort of a bland “don’t know, don’t care” mood after being disappointed. It is a void in their life concerning God.
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puzzleannie
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well since the definition of an agnostic is one who does not know what to believe since he does not think there is any evidence one way or the other to support God or any religion, my guess would be no and no.Basically i just dont understand what the Agnostic’s believe or if they believe anything, do they have a church or are they even considered protestant just any info would be helpful
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McGhee
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ahh right thanks, so basically theyre just on the fence about everything
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cerad2
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Nope. Only about the god stuff.
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McGhee
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yeah thats what i meant sorry
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Hokomai
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The agnostic position, is that one ‘does not know’ if there is a god or gods.
Many people who are believers say they have ‘faith’ that there is a god or gods, and equate this with ‘knowledge’. This is a different process by which believers come to ‘know’ others things, like who their parents are, and whether seagulls have wings.
Others claim to be able to ‘conclude’ there is a god or gods through a process of logic. Others claim to experience their god or gods directly.
There is no ‘fence’ on which agnostics sit, between atheism and belief in a particular god. Christians, of course, deny the existence of all gods but one.
Many people who are believers say they have ‘faith’ that there is a god or gods, and equate this with ‘knowledge’. This is a different process by which believers come to ‘know’ others things, like who their parents are, and whether seagulls have wings.
Others claim to be able to ‘conclude’ there is a god or gods through a process of logic. Others claim to experience their god or gods directly.
There is no ‘fence’ on which agnostics sit, between atheism and belief in a particular god. Christians, of course, deny the existence of all gods but one.
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McGhee
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huh never heard any of that so Agnostic isn’t simply confined to Christianity then?
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theistgal
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That’s a very inaccurate description. The word “agnostic” is simply the opposite of “gnostic”. A “gnostic” claims to be able to know there is a god by inner or “hidden” knowledge. An “agnostic” simply says no, you need more than that.
And since the Church condemned Gnosticism as a heresy, obviously agnosticism is the way to go.
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Lord_Timmsey
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Actually, I think some more clarification is in order. Gnosis is the Greek word for “knowledge”, and it is the root of ‘gnostic’. So I would say that an agnostic is one who does not know, or who claims not to know. The term is in no way exclusive to the Gnostic heresy - the Gnostics just coopted the word as a name for their sect sometime around the Hellenistic era.That’s a very inaccurate description. The word “agnostic” is simply the opposite of “gnostic”. A “gnostic” claims to be able to know there is a god by inner or “hidden” knowledge. An “agnostic” simply says no, you need more than that.
And since the Church condemned Gnosticism as a heresy, obviously agnosticism is the way to go.
Hope this helps!
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