# Agnosticism

> Claims that come up in conversation about Agnosticism, with a short answer and the texts to open.

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### An agnostic is a less certain atheist. The two words name the same unbelief.

What you will hear.

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.

Texts: [American Atheists, What is an atheist?](https://atheists.org/what-is-an-atheist/), [Atheist Alliance International, What is atheism?](https://atheistalliance.org/about-atheism/what-is-atheism/), [Romans 1:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/romans/1/20)

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### No one can know whether God exists, so belief either way is closed.

What you will hear.

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.

Texts: [Huxley, Agnosticism (1889)](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Popular_Science_Monthly/Volume_34/April_1889/Agnosticism), [Romans 1:19–20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/romans/1), [John 14:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/john/14/6)

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