Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson insists on being called an agnostic because to him, atheism carries an air of certainty (which most people ascribe to antitheism) that there definitely is no god. He is simply not interested in the conversation about the existence of god.
National Geographic's Sir David Attenborough says that it simply "never occurred to me to believe in god", and also describes himself as agnostic.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes and Lost World novels, was certainly agnostic for most of his life, although his descent into belief in fairies and other superstitions toward the end of his life may have placed him in the believers' camp.
Aldous Huxley (aka Darwin's bulldog) is the world's first agnostic in that he invented the word "agnostic".
Joseph Heller, author of Catch-22.
Mark Twain, creator of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.
Noam Chomsky, "smartest person in academia".
David Hume, Immanuel Kant, John Locke and Soren Kierkegaard are famous philosophers and agnostic polemicists.
Confucius, who say a lot of thing.
Alexander Graham Bell, who in fact did not invent the telephone but did invent the word "Hello" as it is spelled and used today.
Edward Teller, the most evil and most mad scientist who has ever lived.
Carl Sagan, inventor of the word "Billions".
Stephen Jay Gould, popular biologist, famously quoted as saying that "science and religion are non-overlapping magisteria", i.e. that it's not possible for one to contradict the other.
It should be noted that the title of atheist also applies to many of the above; even well-known atheists and antitheists have described themselves as agnostic, such as Richard Dawkins and Bertrand Russell.
There are many famous people without religious faith, be they atheists, agnostics or pantheists. A list of those who are identified as agnostics would include:
Mark Twain, Warren Buffet, Brad Pitt, Charles Darwin, Carl Sagan, Larry King, Clement Attlee, Matt Stone, and Zac Efron, among others.
There is some problem in the definition issue between "agnostic" and "atheist" so I have tried not to include people who lean more towards "god definitely doesn't exist".
See Link below for a list of Agnostics
I assume you're asking how many famous scientists are Christians.The vast majority of renowned scientists are atheist or agnostic.
No, she is an agnostic.
Agnostic Front was created in 1980.
I can understand an agnostic position, but it seems to me that to be an atheist requires just as much faith as a belief in God. Agnostic is an adjective and a state of mind so it would be used to describe someone. I was going to church thinking about god then i realized that i was agnostic. Another example of using agnostic in a sentence is, "How can you use agnostic in a sentence?" Technically, you already used agnostic in a sentence. Oops, I did it too!
There is no "the" agnostic. An agnostic is a person whom does not see enough evidence to prove or disprove God's existence, and they don't really dwell on it.
George Orwell was an agnostic.
Of course, why not. But are you sure that you are an agnostic? For example most deeply religious observant catholics would consider themselves agnostic. Indeed, being an agnostic is an important aspect of being a devout Christian or Jew. So by stating that you are "agnostic" is not saying much.
I disagree, being an agnostic myself. I would be interested to hear why you think that nobody can be an agnostic, since you obviously did when you posted this question.
Yes, that is a typical agnostic. Without knowledge.
Are you absolutely sure there is a god? Are you absolutely sure there is no god?If neither, then you are agnostic.
He has claimed to have a faith in God.He said he was agnostic about the issue of raising taxes.
The word Agnostic, key word Gnostic meaning pertaining to knowledge; To know. Agnostic is without knowledge. and in most cases it is not KNOWING if there is or is not a god. Which is different than Theism and Atheism which is pertaining to the BELIEF of there being a god or gods.