Agnosticism

by Griffel, Frank

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Agnosticism is the admission that the enigmas of God's existence and the effects of God's actions cannot be solved. An agnostic regards all transcendental knowledge as impossible. Although distinct from atheism, which assumes that there is evidence for God's non-existence, it has a similar attitude toward religion. Both regard faith in God as irrelevant or even as an abomination (Thomas H. Huxley, Collected essays , London 1893–5, 5:314). There is a moderate form of agnosticism that, while main…

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Agnosticism is the admission that the enigmas of God's existence and the effects of God's actions cannot be solved. An agnostic regards all transcendental knowledge as impossible. Although distinct from atheism, which assumes that there is evidence for God's non-existence, it has a similar attitude toward religion. Both regard faith in God as irrelevant or even as an abomination (Thomas H. Huxley, Collected essays , London 1893–5, 5:314). There is a moderate form of agnosticism that, while maintaining that the existence of God cannot be

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei261

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eng Islam

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Griffel, Frank

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