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I've posted the definition of agnostic before, as an explanation of my beliefs.

Here are several definitions from a couple respectable sources:



ag·nos·tic ( P ) Pronunciation Key (g-nstk)
n.

One who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God.
One who is skeptical about the existence of God but does not profess true atheism.
One who is doubtful or noncommittal about something.

adj.
Relating to or being an agnostic.
Doubtful or noncommittal: “Though I am agnostic on what terms to use, I have no doubt that human infants come with an enormous ‘acquisitiveness’ for discovering patterns” (William H. Calvin).


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[a-1 + Gnostic.]
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ag·nosti·cal·ly adv.
Word History: An agnostic does not deny the existence of God and heaven but holds that one cannot know for certain whether or not they exist. The term agnostic was fittingly coined by the 19th-century British scientist Thomas H. Huxley, who believed that only material phenomena were objects of exact knowledge. He made up the word from the prefix a-, meaning “without, not,” as in amoral, and the noun Gnostic. Gnostic is related to the Greek word gnsis, “knowledge,” which was used by early Christian writers to mean “higher, esoteric knowledge of spiritual things” hence, Gnostic referred to those with such knowledge. In coining the term agnostic, Huxley was considering as “Gnostics” a group of his fellow intellectuals“ists,” as he called themwho had eagerly embraced various doctrines or theories that explained the world to their satisfaction. Because he was a “man without a rag of a label to cover himself with,” Huxley coined the term agnostic for himself, its first published use being in 1870.

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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agnostic

\Ag*nos"tic\, a. [Gr. 'a priv. + ? knowing, ? to know.] Professing ignorance; involving no dogmatic; pertaining to or involving agnosticism. -- Ag*nos\"tic*al*ly, adv.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


agnostic

\Ag*nos"tic\, n. One who professes ignorance, or denies that we have any knowledge, save of phenomena; one who supports agnosticism, neither affirming nor denying the existence of a personal Deity, a future life, etc.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


agnostic

adj : uncertain of all claims to knowledge [syn: agnostical] [ant: gnostic] n : a person who doubts truth of religion [syn: doubter]


Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University





I can't pick one of yours.

I believe that there may be a god. I don't know for sure, and I doubt I ever can. I reject anyone who says they DO know for sure (either way), which means I also reject aethism.
I loathe, let me repeat that, <b>loathe</b> organized religions. I summarily reject and abhor the ideas that they:

1) Know there is a god.
2) Know how this god prefers to be worshiped.
3) Know the mind of this god, and how he would view one's actions.
4) Have a list of god's rules, straight from god.
5) Know that if you don't follow their god, you go to hell.
6) Insist on control of their followers through their rules.
7) Believe that one can not find god by oneself.
8) Know that a 2000 year old book, translated over and over, has the word of god in it, untainted or changed by human motives.
9) Celebrate ignorance by dismissing ideas that shake their faith structure.
10) Presume to tell others how to correctly worship god.

That's enough to give you the idea.

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