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agnosticism

[ag-nos-tuh-siz-uhm] / ægˈnɒs təˌsɪz əm /






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Watching my wife’s spiritual evolution from agnosticism to Christianity, I saw that she was acquiring insights I lacked.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

Born in 1911 and raised in “a loose sort of Protestantism,” McLuhan drifted toward agnosticism as an undergraduate, but converted to Catholicism during his doctoral studies at Cambridge.

From Slate • Jul. 28, 2025

Each brick of evidence must be placed on top of another, each layer of mortar mixed through the arguments, scepticism and agnosticism of many, many scientists.

From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2023

E: Isn’t agnosticism frankly the most honest position?

From Washington Times • Jun. 6, 2023

It occurs to me to ask that profound question of modern agnosticism: Is God dead?

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez