agnosticism simply means that a man shall not say he knows or believes that for which he has no grounds for professing to believe. From LearnThat.org. [Thomas Henry Huxley]
agnosticism holds that you can neither prove nor disprove God's existence. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The word agnosticism literally means "no-knowledge-ism". From Wordnik.com. [Reasons to Believe -] Reference
But agnosticism is all about doubt and uncertainty and the courage to admit ignorance. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Krasny: Just Say 'I Don't Know'] Reference
But often agnosticism is really an expression of cant be bothered to think right now. From Wordnik.com. [Fuzzy Fidelity] Reference
This push toward platform agnosticism translates to the use of standards, letting the Mac right in. From Wordnik.com. [Macworld] Reference
Packet-agnosticism is a bad idea (which is why different levels of packet-inspection exist at all.). From Wordnik.com. [DPI is GOOD for you: ‘Um – crap’] Reference
(I still think agnosticism is legitimate doctrine, although Dawkins railed against agnostics in the book). From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » ThinkFast: February 1, 2010] Reference
In order to meet this demand, Huxley invented the word agnosticism, to serve as a label for his own attitude. From Wordnik.com. [Thomas Henry Huxley A Sketch Of His Life And Work]
It's called agnosticism, and it's a beautiful thing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN.com] Reference
Humour is akin to agnosticism, which is only the negative side of mysticism. From Wordnik.com. [George Bernard Shaw] Reference
The questions of materialism, or what is called agnosticism, are outside of historical. From Wordnik.com. [Some Facts of Religion and of Life: Sermons Preached before Her Majesty the Queen in Scotland, 1866-76.] Reference
My agnosticism is a poor substitute for the faith I no longer have to give my children. From Wordnik.com. [Will]
The following statement of Jefferson is indistinguishable from what we would now call agnosticism. From Wordnik.com. [The God Delusion]
The article’s reference to Buffet and Gates apparent agnosticism is a good illustration of this point. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - How much to tithe?] Reference
Property agnosticism which is the mutualist legacy only leads to heavy-handed moralism in really heavy hands. From Wordnik.com. [Three notes for the critics of the critics of apologists for Wal-Mart] Reference
Why do people assume 'agnosticism' and 'gnosticism' are related concepts?. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
Where Science began to cry "agnosticism," Theosophy came to cry out "gnosticism.". From Wordnik.com. [London Lectures of 1907] Reference
Mary Ellin Barrett mentions her father's "agnosticism," (p. 123) and refers to him as a. From Wordnik.com. [بالاترین] Reference
Faith is a kind of agnosticism because if you knew it was true, you wouldn’t need faith. From Wordnik.com. [Science: Ohio School Board Boots Out ID - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
"agnosticism"; and it will be observed that it does not quite agree with the confident assertion of the reverend Principal of King's. From Wordnik.com. [Collected Essays, Volume V Science and Christian Tradition: Essays] Reference
These men furnished the source of a later agnosticism. From Wordnik.com. [The Necessity of Atheism] Reference
To this I reply agnosticism is consistent, but it is not wise. From Wordnik.com. [The Ascent of the Soul] Reference
The show does embody a sort of admirable class-race agnosticism. From Wordnik.com. [The ‘Odd Couple’ Meets ‘Jackass’] Reference
His friends prayed harder, but Sagan never wavered in his agnosticism. "". From Wordnik.com. [Unbeliever's Quest] Reference
GROSS: Is being passionate about agnosticism a position that you only recently arrived at?. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Spencer: Turning Orderly Lives Into Chaos] Reference
With all his learning and his philosophic agnosticism, he was as simple-hearted as a child. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
This actor professed that which for want of a better term might be called parlor agnosticism. From Wordnik.com. [The Bibliotaph and Other People] Reference
I wondered whether, in these novel circumstances, he would care to give voice to his agnosticism. From Wordnik.com. [Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World] Reference
Evolution has no quarrel with atheism, agnosticism, modernism, or any other species of infidelity. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments] Reference
Meanwhile, rewritten internals and new plug-ins bring framework agnosticism for components of Rails 3.0. From Wordnik.com. [Ruby on Rails 3.0 now available] Reference
Infinitely removed above that other agnosticism, which cries, “Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die,”. From Wordnik.com. [Religion in Japan] Reference
Mr. Huxley's Romanes lecture that "agnosticism could scarcely have been the final resting place for such a mind". From Wordnik.com. [Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles] Reference
One wonders if she had had any knowledge of the growing agnosticism of her other son, but probably this was unlikely. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman] Reference
His works were widely read and were instrumental in leading to the philosophical agnosticism of the nineteenth century. From Wordnik.com. [The Necessity of Atheism] Reference
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