He goes on to give an example
of Agnosticism in action citing «an eminent critic and writer defending homosexual practices» in terms of a claim that there are `'» many normalcies of love»».
The
combination of agnosticism about their benchmark, fundamental security selection that often identifies out - of - index names and their calls typically results in a high active share.
I am taking a
position of agnosticism on that point, and I feel it is unwise to declare things of this sort with absolute certainty.
In nineteenth - century philosophies elaborating the evolutionary theory it appears as an
overtone of agnosticism, as in Herbert Spencer's reference to the Unknowable.5 Even in modernist theologies like that of Shailer Mathews one senses this agnostic note accompanying the formulation of its practical or functional rationale, as when he wrote,
I have stated previously that on more than one occasion I have heard the siren's
call of agnosticism.
There is anguish and despair, but through it all hope and strength, and such is not
born of agnosticism but of an inner experience of peace and power, in spite of the storm.
Nothing that he published while he was living in England suggests an
abandonment of agnosticism, though I think that if, in his post-war years there, a suitable occasion had been provided for giving utterance to his meditations, he would have struck a religious note.
The unspeakable horrors of 1914 to 1918 not only edged Whitehead
out of his agnosticism; they also help explain the fact that he did not rejoin the Church of England, or become a communicant of some other.
THE GOD HYPOTHESIS Polytheism Monotheism Secularism, the Founding Fathers and the religion of America The
poverty of agnosticism NOMA The Great Prayer Experiment The Neville Chamberlain school of evolutionists Little green men 3.
CB - I think the main difference is that our research and analysis begins from a
place of agnosticism and we only make conclusions based on the empirical data.
I'd be willing to bet that the 20 unaffiliated percent (of which I am a part) is more due to the
rise of agnosticism and of organized religion shooting itself in the foot by supporting buffoons like Rick Santorum.