Strong agnosticism or positive agnosticism is the belief that it is impossible for humans to know whether or not any God or gods exist.
Strong agnosticism is in contrast to weak agnosticism, in which the agnostic believes that the existence of any gods is simply unknown, but is not necessarily unknowable. Neither type of agnosticism is irreconcilable with theism (belief in a deity or deities), but both are typically irreconcilable with strong atheism. Weak agnosticism often overlaps with, and is often confused with, weak atheism, as both are a lack of belief rather than a belief in lack (of either existence or knowledge).
Strongagnosticism or positive agnosticism is the belief that it is impossible for humans to know whether or not any God or gods exist.
Weak agnosticism often overlaps with, and is often confused with, weak atheism, as both are a lack of belief rather than a belief in lack (of either existence or knowledge).
One criticism of strongagnosticism is that it denies the ability of gods to prove their existence, but of course, this presupposes that there are gods to prove their existence, or that it is even logically plausible whether there are or not, that they (or we)could prove their existence.
Agnosticism is the philosophical view that the truth values of certain claims—particularly theological claims regarding the existence of God, gods, or deities—are unknown, inherently unknowable, or incoherent, and therefore, (some agnostics may go as far to say) irrelevant to life.
Agnosticism is not to be confused with a view specifically opposing the doctrine of gnosis and Gnosticism—these are religious concepts that are not generally related to agnosticism.
Strongagnosticism (also called hard agnosticism, closed agnosticism, strict agnosticism)—the view that the question of the existence of deities is unknowable by nature or that human beings are ill-equipped to judge the evidence.
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