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From: liberte@uiucdcs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Let's hear from OTHER agnostics! - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 16-Apr-84 02:06:00 EST
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uiucdcs!liberte    Apr 16 01:06:00 1984


It doesnt matter what the dictionary definition of "Agnostic" is.   It means
what people mean it to mean.  And there are all sorts of Agnostics, one
of which is the lazy-fair (=> french) Agnostic who says or implicitly accepts:
 "I dont care whether or not there is a God"

Agnosticism is now used in non-religious contexts to simply mean "dont know".
This is "correct" in that the root of the word (gnos?) is knowledge.

I have always considered myself an Agnostic-agnostic or and Agnostic to the
Nth Degree, meaning that I dont know whether I can know.  But these days,
I am no longer sure.

Perhaps God is a cancerous growth.

Daniel LaLiberte,  U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Computer Science
{moderation in all things - including moderation}