Agnosticism
Claims that come up in conversation about Agnosticism, with a short answer and the texts to open.
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What you will hear
An agnostic is a less certain atheist. The two words name the same unbelief.
American Atheists say agnosticism is not a weaker atheism. It answers what a person claims to know. A person can be an agnostic atheist or an agnostic theist.
- American Atheists, What is an atheist?
- Atheist Alliance International, What is atheism?
- Romans 1:20Romans 1:20 · King James Version
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
Romans 1:20 · King James VersionOpen source
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What you will hear
No one can know whether God exists, so belief either way is closed.
Huxley described agnosticism as a method of not claiming certainty beyond what is demonstrated. An agnostic theist still believes. Christians say God has made himself known in what he has made and in Jesus.
- Huxley, Agnosticism (1889)
- Romans 1:19–20Romans 1:19–20 · King James Version1:19
Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
1:20For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
Romans 1:19–20 · King James VersionOpen source - John 14:6John 14:6 · King James Version
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 14:6 · King James VersionOpen source