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Agnosticism is a belief system in which people do not deny the existence of a God, but they do not acknowledge or accept it either. This is because they do not feel that there is enough evidence to prove either the existence or nonexistence of God. Agnostics are open to change their belief to atheists or theists if evidence of the existence or nonexistence of God is found on and is inevitable. Francis M. Voltaire, an 18th century author and playwright is often referred to as the father of this faith group. George Smith, the author of "Atheism:The Case Against God" divides Agnostic into two types. These include Agnostic theists who believe that a deity probably does exist and agnostic atheists who believe it is very unlikely that a deity exists. Another category is that of empirical Agnostics, who believe that God may exist, but that little or nothing can be known about him/her/it/them. |
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