In her recent book Why Animals Matter: Animal consciousness, animal welfare, and human well - being, Marian Stamp Dawkins at the University of Oxford claims we still don't really know if other animals are conscious and that we should «remain skeptical and agnostic... Militantly
agnostic if necessary.»
Everyone is
agnostic if they have any intellectual honesty.
You are
Agnostic if you admit you can not «know» for certain that God exists.
Not exact matches
There are certainly pluses to that approach, but as anyone on the losing end of the deal would hope, it would be nice
if the map competition was platform
agnostic.
Plus, all the big - tech platforms have proved they know how to filter out content when it affects their ability to operate somewhere, even
if it's against their founding principle that they should serve as an
agnostic service.
It doesn't know
if you are young or old, black or white, gay or straight, conservative or liberal, religious or
agnostic, male or female.
The firm is stage -
agnostic and doesn't think any idea is too green to be invested in, particular
if they're potentially disruptive in the convergence of media, entertainment, and technology.
If I label myself an
agnostic, a Buddhist or a Taoist, it doesn't go on the survey as atheist, even though technically it is.
You might not choose to live by that story, but
if more people did and did it better (including Christians, non-Christians, athiests,
agnostics, and myself), the world would be the heaven or the Heaven that all of us long for.
If theists can get Congress to violate the First Amendment, non-theists (atheists,
agnostics, humanists, secularists) can get Congress to live up to it.
If he's economically stable, with an improved home life, then he will surely end up atheist /
agnostic.
If Pastor Bell were being honest and accurate, I would expect his position to be
agnostic Christian theism.
Even
if we're only talking «evil» on a less horrific level — incarcerated criminals — we find the number of atheists and
agnostics well below their demographic percentage of the population as a whole.
Historian Will Durant, who was an atheist or at least an
agnostic, wrote that for the life of Jesus to have been invented
if He didn't exist would be a bigger miracle than any attributed to him.
But
if an
agnostic leaves the door open for any and all deities to walk through, that does not mean he is neccesarily expecting guests.
If you are confused look up the relationship between
agnostic and atheist, and how they are not mutually exclusive.
To say you are
agnostic does not define
if you believe in a god or not, it only says you are not certain one way or the other.
If you did you'd know that one can be both an atheist AND an
agnostic.
If there is a word to describe an open door
agnostic who is not expecting guests then that would be me I suppose.
If you are uncertain about whether gods could exist you are an
agnostic, but you are also an atheist because you don't actually believe in a real god.
I think the world will be a better place
if we just accepted each other — white and black, christian and non-christian, theist and atheist, gnostiic and
agnostic.
If you're open to the possibility of gods being real somewhere in the universe, then you're
agnostic.
If you say that you believe in god but yet can't be 100 % certain that it exists, then you too are
agnostic.
If you're an honest theist, you too are
agnostic.
If I can't know then I will remain
agnostic till I do know.
You were never EVER a true Atheist then...
If you ever doubted your beliefs, its because you were
AGNOSTIC... just another confused soul making a bad name for Atheists.
Because many of you claimed you're atheists yet you know what God means to you also know bibles since many of you DID read it and know God and Jesus therefore you're not atheist but truly are
agnostic because you all WANT proof that
if God is existed or not..
Lol... That's all you Atheists and
Agnostics do anyway... you play and say things like you have something between your two ears when
if fact its useless garbage.
Atheist reject the idea of a god and believe their view to be true or they would be
agnostic unless they choose no stance at all of a god that of which would require unknowing of what the term «god» means so it would fall under a belief and since they can't prove that a god doesn't exist then by definition it requires faith for their view, meaning it would effect their view of the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe
if a god was proven to be true.
As an
agnostic I feel no need to belittle or critisize anyone because I realize that no one really knows
if their is a God or not.
According to the work produced by David B. Barrett's religious statistics organisation (FYI, the man was a Christian no less) atheists number more than Jews, Sikh's, Shintos, Baha'is, Jains, combined, and
if you want to consider all «non - religious / secular /
agnostic / atheist» together, since the whole «non-religion» movement is kinda riddled with people who find conontations of words like «atheist» to be bad enough to not want to declare themselves atheist, you'll find the number of that non-religious group also amounts more than those religions plus buddhism, and taoism or even Confucianism.
I have no data to back this, but I presume that
if someone were indoctrinated into religion and then escaped from it, they may be more likely to self identify as an atheist or
agnostic and still score better than someone never exposed to it in the first place, who might self identify as «nothing in particular.»
If he is Christian (which he is), let him be; if he is Muslim (which he is not), let him be; and etc. for any religin (Buddhist, Hindu, Kabbalah, Agnostic
If he is Christian (which he is), let him be;
if he is Muslim (which he is not), let him be; and etc. for any religin (Buddhist, Hindu, Kabbalah, Agnostic
if he is Muslim (which he is not), let him be; and etc. for any religin (Buddhist, Hindu, Kabbalah,
Agnostic).
And before you believers begin to say that
if there is no church then nobody will do anything to help others, just keep in mind that the two biggest philanthropist in the world are an Atheist and an
Agnostic.
If you simply believe that there is no evidence that God exists, but know that it is not (and never will be) provable scientifically one way or the other, then you are an
Agnostic.
If there was ever a time for an atheist /
agnostic president it is now.
I would argue that many
if not most people who call themselves Christians are gnostic theists, while most people who call themselves atheists are
agnostic atheists.
Being
Agnostic just means I'm saying i do not know
if God exists does not mean that I will not lead a moral life.
The mythical friend Gabriel was the mythical friend of Jesus the Messaih accompanying him all time as per the Quran readings... this mythical friend is the right hand for God and was sent to nearly all messengers of God to deliver teachings from God to his messengers and Gabriel is the only Angel that has minimum number of wings reaching the sixth heaven as a limit... as per my readings and narrow knowledge... Reality you are playin with fire here show respect even
if you are
agnostic about all as you are only human and do not know the unknown of see the unseen or touch the untouched or feel the unfelt because even when you are alone you are not alone.
what's the fuss, I wouldn't care
if the President is
agnostic or an atheist.
I think a lot of
agnostic / atheist people would be perfectly content to live their lives without making their personal convictions a crusade
if the other side didn't make a crusade out of their religious beliefs.
Agnostics joke, «The man upstairs must like me,» as
if it's the dean of admissions.
From
Agnostic to Islam and I have seen examples in the past... so my humble request to you is not to stop... keep learning or studying the new stuffs... an advice to you when you decide to study or learn about Islam — do not point to the people who does wrong things as wrong doing people are there in everywhere regardless of faith, but look into the scripture and go to someone who has knowledge
if you have any question that bothers you but make sure that person is well educated to his community... i ask The Almighty God to open your heart...
Agnostics would be atheists
if they weren't afraid to take a firm stand.
With the holiday season upon us, we asked iReporters:
If you're atheist,
agnostic or a nonbeliever of any kind, how do you celebrate the holidays?
Many are unwittingly the pawn of atheists,
agnostics, evolutionists, astronomers, or accept whatever is spoken or written down in a book or online article, considering it authentic without seriously considering
if it is true or has merit because it is popularly accepted.
You know, I bet
if you slapped the rise in number of atheists /
agnostics in the country on a graph with the decline in morality and good sense, you'd get a big fat X. It's pretty obvious which way things are going with a mere cursory glance at today's society.
In fact, as an
agnostic, it has me considering doing the opposite for a year to see
if / how my stance is affected.
If that makes me an
agnostic about God then I guess I'm
agnostic about the existence of Santa Claus, leprechauns, and vampires too.
1) This is not a particularly hospitable place for
agnostics 2) Nothing would crush my parents more than learning that their daughter has walked away from the faith 3) I have a book deal with a Christian publisher 4) I want to keep my Christian friends 5) My doubts come and go, so there's no reason to unnecessarily drag the people I love through my drama 6)
If I fake it maybe I can convince myself that everything's okay