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agnosticism

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That doctrine which, professing ignorance, neither asserts nor denies.

The doctrine that the existence of a personal Deity, an unseen world, etc., can be neither proved nor disproved, because of the necessary limits of the human mind (as sometimes charged upon Hamilton and Mansel), or because of the insufficiency of the evidence furnished by physical and physical data, to warrant a positive conclusion (as taught by the school of Herbert Spencer); -- opposed alike dogmatic skepticism and to dogmatic theism.

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agnosticism holds that you can neither prove nor disprove God's existence Source: Internet

Booklist, May 15, 1999 v. 95 i. 18 p. 1680 His goal being "to try to get people into a state of generalized agnosticism, not agnosticism about God alone but agnosticism about everything." Source: Internet

Dawkins considers temporary agnosticism an entirely reasonable position, but views permanent agnosticism as "fence-sitting, intellectual cowardice". Source: Internet

Bazan's solo career has been focused around his newfound agnosticism. Source: Internet

"Dewey started his career as a Christian but over his long lifetime moved towards agnosticism. Source: Internet

I am not a particularly religious person, and this is the reason for my agnosticism. Source: Internet

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