Studies have found that both atheists and agnostics are surprisingly knowledgable about a variety of religions. Which begs the commonly asked question: what is the difference between someone who defines themselves as atheist and a professedagnostic?<\/p>\n
There is a key distinction. An atheist doesnt believe in a god or divinebeing. The word originates with the Greek atheos, which is built from the roots a-(without) andtheos(a god). Atheism is the doctrine or belief that there is no god.<\/p>\n
However, an agnostic neither believes nor disbelieves in a god or religious doctrine. Agnostics assert that its impossible for human beings to know anything about how the universe was created and whether or not divine beings exist.<\/p>\n
Agnosticism was coined by biologist T.H. Huxley and comes from the Greek gnstos, which means unknown or unknowable.<\/p>\n
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To complicate matters, atheists and agnostics are often confused with theists and deists.A theist is the opposite of an atheist. Theists believe in the existence of a god or gods.<\/p>\n
Like a theist, a deist believes in God. But a deist believes that while God created the universe, natural laws determine how the universe plays out.<\/p>\n
Deists are often connected to Isaac Newtons clockwork universe theory, which compares the universe to a clock that has been wound up and set in motion by God but is governed by the laws of science.<\/p>\n
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Religious or not, you likely say goodbye on a daily basis. But were you aware of the words holy history?<\/p>\n
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