agnosticism

     

Agnosticism (Greek: α- a-, without γνώσις gnōsis, knowledge; after Gnosticism) is the philosophical view that the truth value of certain claims — particularly metaphysical claims regarding theology, afterlife or the existence of God, gods, deities, or even ultimate reality — is unknown or, depending on the form of agnosticism, inherently unknowable.

Trivia about agnosticism

  • The belief that we cannot know whether or not God exists
  • From the Greek for "not knowing", it's the belief that God's existence cannot be proved
  • From the Greek for "not knowing", this term is said to have been first used by Thomas Huxley in 1869

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