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A person who holds to a form of agnosticism, especially uncertainty of the existence of a deity.
* {{quote-magazine, date = 1876-06-01
, first = Leslie
, last = Stephen
, authorlink = Leslie Stephen
, title = An Agnostic's Apology
, magazine = The Forthnightly Review
, volume = 25/19
, issue = 114
, page = 840
, url = http://books.google.com/books?id=1WVIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA840
, passage = The Agnostic is one who asserts—what no one denies—that there are limits to the sphere of human intelligence.
}}
* {{quote-magazine, date = 1953-11-03
, first = Bertrand
, last = Russell
, authorlink = Bertrand Russell
, title = What is an Agnostic?
, magazine = Look
, url = http://scepsis.ru/eng/articles/id_5.php
, passage = An agnostic thinks it impossible to know the truth in matters such as God and the future life with which Christianity and other religions are concerned.
}}
* {{quote-book, year = 1985
, title = Contact: a novel
, first = Carl
, last = Sagan
, authorlink = Carl Sagan
, publisher = Simon and Schuster
, location = New York
, isbn = 978-0671434007
, page = 175
, passage = When I say I'm an agnostic , I only mean that the evidence isn't in. There isn't compelling evidence that God exists — at least your kind of god — and there isn't compelling evidence that he doesn't.
}}
Of or relating to agnosticism or its adherents.
* {{quote-book, year = 1889
, title = Agnosticism
, first = Thomas Henry
, last = Huxley
, authorlink = Thomas Henry Huxley
, url = http://aleph0.clarku.edu/huxley/CE5/Agn.html
, passage = In matters of the intellect do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable. That I take to be the agnostic faith, which if a man keep whole and undefiled, he shall not be ashamed to look the universe in the face, whatever the future may have in store for him.
}}
Doubtful or uncertain about the existence or demonstrability of God or other deity.
(computing) A software component (or other entity) that is unaware or noncommittal regarding the specific nature of the components with which it interacts; polymorphic; modular; pluggable
(usually with a prepositional phrase) Having no firmly held opinions on an issue or matter of uncertainty.
Guilty of apostasy.
* Milton
* Steele
A person who has renounced a religion or faith.
(Roman Catholicism) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
As nouns the difference between agnostic and apostate
is that agnostic is a person who holds to a form of agnosticism, especially uncertainty of the existence of a deity while apostate is a person who has renounced a religion or faith.As adjectives the difference between agnostic and apostate
is that agnostic is of or relating to agnosticism or its adherents while apostate is guilty of apostasy.agnostic
English
(wikipedia agnostic)Noun
(en noun)Coordinate terms
* deistAdjective
(en adjective)- His agnostic viewpoint is summarized in his book.
- She left the church when she became agnostic .
- The socket communications layer is agnostic''' with regard to its underlying transport mechanism -- it is “transport-'''agnostic ”.
- I'm agnostic on whether ethanol is a green fuel
- He says he's agnostic concerning the Secretary's claims.
See also
* atheist * sceptic , skeptic (Mainly US) *Anagrams
* * * * English terms with alpha privativesapostate
English
Adjective
(-)- We must punish this apostate priest.
- So spake the apostate angel.
- A wretched and apostate state.
