RE: What is the right definition of agnostic?
June 23, 2016 at 5:30 am
(This post was last modified: June 23, 2016 at 5:36 am by robvalue.)
(June 23, 2016 at 5:11 am)Red_Wind Wrote: *Sorry if this is in the wrong section*
I've been reading some comments on social media where people claim to be neither theist nor atheist but agnostic, i was under the impression that a/theism is about belief and a/gnostic is about knowledge.
When i googles 'agnostic' the first thing that came up was this:
Quote:ag·nos·tic
aɡˈnästik/
noun
noun: agnostic; plural noun: agnostics
adjective
- 1.
a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God or of anything beyond material phenomena; a person who claims neither faith nor disbelief in God.
synonyms:
skeptic, doubter, doubting Thomas, cynic; More
unbeliever, nonbeliever, rationalist;
rarenullifidian
"as far as I know, Stevens was an atheist, or at least an agnostic"
antonyms:
believer, theist
adjective: agnostic
1.
of or relating to agnostics or agnosticism.
synonyms:
skeptic, doubter, doubting Thomas, cynic; More
So what is the right definition? And if the google definition is wrong, why haven't they fixed it? It's basically spreading false information and a lot of people rely on Google.
I have underlined what is generally accepted to be the right definition. I don't know why it has the alternative, which is basically the most common misuse of the word.
I have written more about it in my website here. I've also done a video and an accompanying chart:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d34BmGnrUEI
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