Nelson
Robert Nelson
Professor Embree
PHY2010
3/18/2011
Agnosticism
Agnosticism is set between atheism and religion. It is the view that shows uncertainty between
believing that there can be a god or gods, without leaning on any particular side. It is certainly a
safer view to have compared to being directly against either side. There is logic being used
whether to make certain that there is a God or that there is not a God so people can better support
their side, but it easier said than done for both sides. Agnostics can potentially go to either side if
they choose to fully accept either side’s reasoning as truth, because no side has been proven
perfectly.
Christians believe in a god and atheists believe in no god. Agnosticism is defined as a view that
holds open the possibility that God exists, but that claims we do not know, or cannot know,
whether in fact a deity exists (Palmer 439). At a Christian school a science teacher argued that
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