Any agnostics here?

[zerox 1,211]

so we have topics for atheists and christians and no topic that I can find about agnostic people.

 

so I'm an agnostic deist.

[Corgis 574]

I guess I am.  I used to go to church with my Dad's side of the family when I was young but I go about once a year now with family.  I just don't think about religious stuff that much anymore.  

[Sapphire Lightning 784]

Yeah, I would say I am too. I am agnostic.

 

I am curious, are you an Agnostic Atheist, an Agnostic Theist, or an Agnostic Deist?

 

(Agnostic is a take on knowledge, theism is a take on belief or faith. For instance if you admit to not knowing if their is a deity but do not have an active belief in a deity then you would be an Agnostic Atheist. If you admit that you do not know if there is a deity but also believe that there is one, then you would be an Agnostic Deist or agnostic Theist)

 

I am an Agnostic Atheist (Normally just called atheist, as opposed to gnostic atheism which is often called anti-theism).

[Hazard Time 1,127]

I really don't know what to call myself.  I don't believe in God, but at the same time, I still give thanks to God when things go my way and mutter some prayers when things are looking really on the fence out of habit and/or to make me feel more confident.  I think that would disqualify me as an atheist, hence why I'm here.

[Missklang 1,054]

I thought for a long time that I was atheist. But then I learned "agnostic" is a thing. I am 100% agnostic. I do believe there is something after death and I do believe in the possibility of a higher being. But I also do believe that we, as humans, can't "know" what it is, and thus all religions can't be "the right ones, 100% only true one" because of the whole nature of the "higher beings" and stuff. Tis a mystery we will only perhaps know at death. 

[Storm 199]

Yeah I am. I don't believe since there's no proof of it. But than again I would like to believe you actually go somewhere when you pass away.

[Sapphire Lightning 784]

Ok, people seem to be thinking that agnostic is some sort of "half way between believer and atheist", so can we have the term used properly in this context? Maybe even a little quiz to help people understand the meaning of the terminology.

 

Gnostic/Agnostic is a claim of KNOWLEDGE.

 

Deist/Theist/Atheist is a claim of BELIEF.

 

So, for those that do not really know how to sort these two "apples and oranges" concepts I present a little quiz:

 

1. Do you claim to KNOW that your belief or lack of belief is true?

       (If yes, write down Gnostic, if you answer no, write down Agnostic)

 

2. Do you actively believe that a Deity exists?

     (If yes, write down Deist, or if you believe that a certain religion's deity exists write down Theist next to the word you previously wrote down. If no, write down Atheist as you do not have a positive belief in a deity)

 

Ok, what did you get?

 

(Clarification if your belief for part number 2 is "I don't know", then that is a lack of a positive belief in a deity, so is Atheism.

 

As I said above, I do not claim knowledge if my belief (or lack there of) is the only way reality can be, so I write down Agnostic. I do not positively and actively believe in a deity, so I am agnostic. Therefor: Agnostic Atheist.

 

Sorry for the long post, but I think this is an important distinction in a thread about Agnosticism.

Edited January 21, 2017 by Sapphire Lightning