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05-12-2010, 02:45 AM #1Wee Whisker Whacker
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As mentioned, atheists specifically believe there is no god. Agnostics are a little more difficult to describe. Some have simply not decided, some have decided that they don't know, and some have decided that humans can not know - as in they are incapable of knowing. (Glen's links might be a little more informative and touches on some more specific types of agnosticism.)
I personally think the last question - Are humans capable of understanding god? - is the most interesting. It generates all sorts of questions about the limits of our understanding, our ability to define deities, the limitations of god(s), what it means to be "omnipotent" or "omniscient" or any other "all-whatever" qualities, etc. I think the ability to ask these questions seriously lends one to be agnostic.
IIRC, Bertrand Russell talked a lot about agnosticism. Wikipedia would know. My BA in Philosophy only gets you this much info.
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05-12-2010, 03:07 AM #2Senior Member
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Thanks Glen, that's what i was trying to get at, so many different thoughts, but now i know they have names.
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