agnosticism

(noun)

The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable.

Related Terms

Examples of agnosticism in the following topics:

  • Ethnomethodology

    • Ethnomethodological indifference: Ethnomethodology maintains a policy of deliberate agnosticism, or indifference, towards the dictates, prejudices, methods, and practices of sociological analysis.
    • The policy of ethnomethodological agnosticism is specifically not to be conceived of as indifference to the problems of social order; ethnomethodological agnosticism refers to only seeing social concerns as society's members see them.

  • Minority Groups

    • It is now accepted in many multicultural societies around the world that people should have the freedom to choose their own religion, including not having any religion (atheism or agnosticism), and including the right to convert from one religion to another.