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dagny1331 wrote:

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Agnostics believe in God, just not formal religion. Atheists don't believe in God.

Uh, wrong.

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 due to the nature of subjective experience perceived by that individual.

Demographic research services normally list agnostics in the same category as atheists and non-religious people^[1], using 'agnostic' in the newer sense of 'noncommittal'^[2]. However, this can be misleading given the existence of agnostic theists, who identify themselves as both agnostics in the original sense and followers of a particular religion