What is agnosticism?
Q: What is agnosticism?
A: Agnosticism is the philosophical view that it is unknown (or even, unknowable) whether any deities (god or gods) exist or not.
Q: Who coined the term "agnostic"?
A: The English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley coined the word "agnostic" in 1869.
Q: What is absolute agnosticism?
A: Absolute agnosticism (also called hard agnosticism, closed agnosticism, strict agnosticism, strong agnosticism) is the belief that it is not possible to know whether a god/gods exists or not.
Q: What is empirical agnosticism?
A: Empirical agnosticism (also called soft agnosticism, open agnosticism, weak agnosticism, temporal agnosticism) is the belief that at present there is not enough information to know whether any god/gods exists or not, but that we might find out someday.
Q: What do atheists believe?
A: Atheists do not believe in the existence of deities, and some say that they are sure that no deity exists. Some (perhaps most) atheists state that there is neither enough evidence nor a strong enough argument to believe any gods exist and so they reject belief that any exist.
Q: Can someone be both an atheist and an agnostic?
A: Yes, some people are both atheist and agnostic—they reject belief in any deities without claiming to know that deities do not exist.
Q: Can someone be both an Agnostic and Theistic? A:Yes ,some people are both Agnostic and Theistic - they believe at least one deity exists ,but do not claim to know it to be true .
