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What does the word agnostic mean?

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Without Knowledge (or knowing). Used by people who say that it is impossible to know if there is a God or not.

Some one who is doubtful or noncommittal about something.

Some one who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God.

Some one who is skeptical about the existence of God but does not profess true Atheism.

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Some one who is doubtful or noncommittal about something.

Some one who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God.

Some one who is skeptical about the existence of God but does not profess true atheism.

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