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Hermeneutical Agnosticism: A Critique of Subjectivism in Biblical Interpretation by Jody L. Apple, 1985-03
Huxley And Agnosticism by Robert G. Ingersoll, 2010-05-23
Naturalism and agnosticism by James Ward, 2010-08-29
Gnosticism and Agnosticism, and Other Sermons (Classic Reprint) by George Salmon, 2010-06-09
Agnosticism by Alfred Williams Momerie, 2009-09-22
Faith and sight; essays on the relation of agnosticism to theology by William P. 1867-1954 Merrill, 2010-09-03
Agnosticism and religion: being an examination of Spencer's Religion of the unknowable : preceded by a history of agnosticism by George J Lucas, 2010-05-12
Agnosticism: Sermons (1891) by Alfred Williams Momerie, 2008-06-02
Unholy Bible: The Truth About the Old Testament With an Afterword on the New Testament by David Shane Sommers, 1996-03
Criteria Of Diverse Kinds Of Truth As Opposed To Agnosticism: Being A Treatise On Applied Logic by James McCosh, 2010-09-10
Agnosticism: Contemporary Responses to Spencer and Huxley (Key Issues (Bristol, England), No. 4.)
The Higher Agnosticism by Frederic Henry Balfour, 2010-03-07
Agnosticism And Religion: Being An Examination Of Spencer's Religion Of The Unknowable Preceded By A History Of Agnosticism by George J. Lucas, 2007-07-25
10 Questions & Answers on Atheism and Agnosticism by Rose Publishing, 2007-02-23

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TCS: Tech Central Station - Open Agnosticism
Open agnosticism. By James V. DeLong, Published, 12/10/2002. EMail Bookmark Print Save. TCS. Julian Sanchez characterizes me as an enemy of Open
http://www.techcentralstation.com/121002E.html

Extractions: articles by author Government Pursues Microsoft Case It Has To Lose What's Behind Utility Execs Flacking for Caps on CO2? High Tech Industry Suffers When Companies Curry Federal Favors Will Justice`s Controlled Burn of Microsoft Also Torch Silicon Valley? ... Metallica Rocks - and the Band Owns Intellectual Property, Too! Julian Sanchez characterizes me as an "enemy" of Open Source (OS). "Open source agnostic" would be a better term than "enemy." Opposition to proposals for government preferences are not necessarily based on enmity for the Open Source movement, which has some impressive strengths and has produced some significant accomplishments. But I do not share the messianic dedication that infuses many of its proponents. The movement must be given due credit. Much fine software has been developed by programmers at universities, governments, and private companies, working cooperatively, either on their own time or with the blessings of their employers. A large group of smart people each devoting a small percentage of his time, linked by the Internet, can be highly creative. The results offer many possibilities for the future.
CREATIVE AGNOSTICISM
Alchemind Society Journal of Cogntive Liberties Cultivating Dissonance An Approach for Cognitive Dissidents.
http://www.cognitiveliberty.org/4jcl/4JCL61.htm

Extractions: Robert Anton Wilson One of the greatest achievements of the human mind, modern science, refuses to recognize the depths of its own creativity, and has now reached the point in its development where that very refusal blocks its further growth. Modern physics screams at us that there is no ultimate material reality and that whatever it is we are describing, the human mind cannot be parted from it. Roger Jones, Physics as Metaphor I f, as Colin Wilson says, most of history has been the history of crime, this is because humans have the ability to retreat from existential reality into that peculiar construct which they call The Real Universe and I have been calling hypnosis. Any Platonic Real Universe is a model, an abstraction, which is comforting when we do not know what to do about the muddle of existential reality or ordinary experience. In this hypnosis, which is learned from others but then becomes self-induced, The Real Universe overwhelms us and large parts of existential, sensory-sensual experience are easily ignored, forgotten or repressed. The more totally we are hypnotized by The Real Universe, the more of existential experience we then edit out or blot out or blur into conformity with The Real Universe.
Mikechampion's Weblog : "SOAP Is Dead" -- If You Believe The Echo Chamber
To jump to the bottom line, I m not defending the faith, I m defending agnosticism. There are a range of technologies available to developers some simple,
http://blogs.msdn.com/mikechampion/archive/2005/02/20/376975.aspx

Extractions: Go February 2005 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa This is something of a followup to my post on the XML Team weblog last week, taking into consideration some of the feedback. I'm getting just a wee bit annoyed about the echo chamber repeating "SOAP is dead" to itself around the blogosphere, with nobody adding any actual evidence other than the success of various Web applications built mainly with HTTP. There are plenty of people I know and respect, and plenty I don't know but enjoy reading their blogs, making this point. I'll use Carlos Perez's post [someone I don't know personally] as the whipping boy, just to get back at him for " Mike Champion of course is prepared to defend the faith" :-) To jump to the bottom line, I'm not defending the faith, I'm defending agnosticism. There are a range of technologies available to developers: some simple, some complex; some MS-specific, some Java-specific, some platform-neutral; some Web-based, some protocol-neutral; some tightly coupled, some loosely coupled; some favor up-front design, some are more evolutionary. The choice of one over another in a specific application is a business and engineering decision, not something to be determined by "faith-based programming" in accordance to either the SOAP or REST religion. Carlos Perez writes: Isn't SOAP the underpinnings of Web Services, the same technology that was billed as the silver bullet to extinguish our collective integration nightmare?
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Essays by James A Haught, an old newspaper editor on agnosticism, books, and other issues.
http://www.wvinter.net/~haught/

Extractions: Welcome to a quest for mental honesty. I'm an old newspaper editor who has spent half a century chronicling social struggles and cultural tides. Personally, I've waged a long crusade for rational, scientific thinking as an antidote for harmful supernaturalism. I've written five books and many magazine articles against religion, astrology, mysticism, psychic claims, cults, "New Agery," fundamentalism, and other magical beliefs. Although billions of people pray to invisible gods, there's no actual evidence of deities and devils, heavens and hells, spirits and prophecies, etc. They're just imaginary, as far as a sincere inquirer can tell. So, to me, the only honest viewpoint is the humanist one, which doubts the supernatural and focuses on improving human life. This web site contains some of my skeptical pieces - plus others on science, sailing, sex, serenity, the joy of nature, and the meaning of life (or lack thereof). You're free to read, download, print out, circulate or reprint any of these materials.
Agnosticism
agnosticism is the philosophical position that it is impossible to know about the agnosticism is therefore concerned with questions of Epistemology,
http://mb-soft.com/believe/txn/agnostic.htm

Extractions: General Information Agnosticism is the philosophical position that it is impossible to know about the nature or existence of God. The term was coined in 1869 by Thomas H Huxley from the Greek agnostos ("unknowable") to refer to his own conviction that knowledge is impossible on many matters covered by religious doctrines. Agnosticism is therefore concerned with questions of Epistemology, the examination of human knowledge; it considers valid only knowledge that comes from ordinary and immediate experience. Agnosticism is distinct from Atheism on the one hand and Skepticism on the other. Atheists reject belief in the existence of God. Skeptics hold the strong suspicion or probabilistic estimate that God does not exist. Agnostics refuse to make such judgments. The agnostic position is as old as philosophy and can be traced to the pre Socratics and to the skeptics of ancient Greece. In modern times, agnosticism became prevalent during the 18th and 19th centuries, mainly because of the growing mass of scientific data that seemed to contradict the biblical position and because of the disagreement of theologians and church authorities over the use of textual and historical criticism in the interpretation of the Bible. Many of the best known philosophers have been agnostics. Among them are Auguste Comte, William James, Immanuel Kant, George Santayana, and Herbert Spencer. BELIEVE
Welcome To The Universal Church Triumphant Of The Apathetic Agnostic
Extensive site expressing agnosticism as a legitimate religious doctrine. Membership and ordination offered. Many essays regularly updated.
http://www.apatheticagnostic.com

Extractions: The Church offers free membership and ordination, and, through our affiliated International University of Nescience, also offers a select range of degrees to members and clergy. Application is online and documentation is issued by email. See inside for details Please explore the site - there are 666 pages* of content - Discover what we are about. *Actually, there are many more pages than 666, but that particular number is sure to annoy someone. uctaa.org is now a membership organization for the promotion of agnostic interests. It is functionally separate from this site at ApatheticAgnostic.com. We support it and encourage interested agnostics to join. A The Church of the Apathetic Agnostic welcomes you to
WorldNetDaily: Sneering Agnosticism
The triumph of sneering agnosticism is pretty much complete within elite media these days. As sociologist Peter Berger once observed, if India is the most
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26055
Secular Philosophies -- Beliefnet.com
Message boards, links, and information dealing with agnosticism, atheism, and humanism.
http://beliefnet.com/index/index_10043.asp

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Agnosticism
The Secular Web The most comprehensive site about agnosticism, atheism, agnosticism (1889) the full text of Thomas Huxley s essay explaining and
http://www.reference.com/Dir/Society/Religion/Faiths_and_Beliefs/Agnosticism/

Extractions: Agnostic Church Home Page home of the infamous Agnostic Bible. The Secular Web The most comprehensive site about agnosticism, atheism, freethought, humanism, and rationalism on the Web. Agnosticism (1889) the full text of Thomas Huxley's essay explaining and defending Agnosticism. What Is Agnosticism? an article by H.J. Blackham. The Atheism Web: Huxley on agnosticism Huxley describes how he came to originate the term 'agnostic'. Agnosticism religioustolerance.org's description. Includes references, resources, and quotes from famous agnostics. Agnosticism Articles on agnosticism from the library at infidels.org. Agnosti.com the point of view of an empirical agnostic. Am I an Atheist or an Agnostic? "a plea for tolerance in the face of new dogmas" 1947 piece by philosopher Bertrand Russell. Why I Am Agnostic Robert G. Ingersoll's 1896 explanation. Without Knowledge: Agnosticism an Agnostic describes Descartes' three reasons for disbelief.
What Is Agnosticism?
What is agnosticism? What do agnostics believe? Can we know for sure whether there is a God?
http://www.gotquestions.org/agnosticism.html

Extractions: Answer: for he who comes to God must believe that He is Recommended Resource Hard Questions, Real Answers by William Lane Craig For an excellent story of one man's journey from agnosticism / atheism to faith in Jesus Christ, we highly recommend " What Happened to Me? " by Randall Niles. Related Topics: What is atheism? Does God exist? What is deism? What do deists believe? Why was God so evident in the Bible, and seems so hidden today? ... Has anyone ever seen God? Return to: Questions about False Doctrine Return to: Bible Questions Answered
Thomas Henry Huxley [Internet Encyclopedia Of Philosophy]
Brief biography of Thomas Henry Huxley, inventor of the term agnosticism
http://www.iep.utm.edu/h/huxley.htm

Extractions: Thomas Henry Huxley, the distinguished zoologist and advocate of Darwinism, madeseveral incursions into philosophy. From his youth he had studied its problems unsystematically; he had a way of going straight to the point in any discussion; and, judged by a literary standard, he was a great master of expository and argumentative prose. Apart from his special work in science, he had an important influence upon English thought through his numerous addresses and essays on the topics of science, philosophy, religion, and politics. Among the most important of his papers relevant here are those entitled 'The Physical Basis of Life' (1868), and 'On the Hypothesis that Animals are Automata' (1874), along with a monograph on Hume (1879) and the Romanes lecture Ethics and Evolution (1893). Huxley is credited with the invention of the term 'agnosticism' to describe his philosophical position: it expresses his attitude towards certain traditional questions without giving any clear delimitation of the frontiers of the knowable. He regards consciousness as a collateral effect of certain physical causes, and only an effectnever also a cause. But, on the other hand, he holds that matter is only a symbol, and that all physical phenomena can be analyzed into states of consciousness. This leaves mental facts in the peculiar position of being collateral effects of something that, after all, is only a symbol for a mental fact; and the contradiction is left without remark.
Agnosticism: Definition And Much More From Answers.com
ag·nos·ti·cism ( agnos ti-siz ?m ) n. The doctrine that certainty about first principles or absolute truth is unattainable and that only.
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Extractions: Encyclopedia agnosticism ÄgnÅs tÄsÄzÉm ) , form of skepticism that holds that the existence of God cannot be logically proved or disproved. Among prominent agnostics have been Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer, and T. H. Huxley (who coined the word agnostic in 1869). Immanuel Kant was an agnostic who argued that belief in divinity can rest only on faith. Agnosticism is not to be confused with atheism , which asserts that there is no God. Literature agnosticism (ag- nos -tuh-siz-uhm) A denial of knowledge about whether there is or is not a God. An agnostic insists that it is impossible to prove that there is no God and impossible to prove that there is one. ( Compare atheism
Agnostic Resource Site
Several linksto sites with atheist, agnostic, and Christian views, with brief commentary, and subjective rating of each site.
http://www.angelfire.com/ky/agnosticism/

Extractions: Search: Lycos Angelfire Star Wars Share This Page Report Abuse Edit your Site ... Next Agnostic Resource Site "Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear". Thomas Jefferson I will be taking this website down shortly due to the demands on my time (Graduate school). I'd like to thank all who contributed research to the debate between Christianity and Atheism in these pages. Your help has been much appreciated. If you still visit this site for resources, I am leaving the Suggested Links page up to help you with your search. Remember, keep those minds pumping. Other Resource Links:
Agnosticism -- Beliefnet.com
agnosticism Homepage. Discuss agnosticism with other Beliefnet members. LINKS agnosticism Atheism Links Websites and organizations with more
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Agnostic Pendant Site
Offering a pendant designed by the artist Brian Biedul as a visible symbol of agnosticism
http://www.agnostication.com
What Is Agnosticism? Agnostic?
Definition and some reflections about agnosticism.
http://atheisme.free.fr/Atheisme/Agnosticism.htm

Extractions: The word agnosticism was created in 1869 by Thomas Huxley, British naturalist (1825-1895) who took inspiration from the ideas of David Hume and of Emmanuel Kant. Agnosticism is a philosophy that declares absolute, divine, metaphysics, and more generally what cannot be grasp by experiment, is inaccessible to the human mind and to perception. Consequently, the existence of God cannot be proven. Agnosticism professes a complete ignorance about the profound nature, the origin and the destiny of things. It is a form of skepticism applied to metaphysics and theology.
Blogcritics.org: Practical Advantages Of Atheism Or Agnosticism
Blogcritics For the most part, Im pretty practical. Sure, since I dabble in some artistic enterprises, invent things, and start businesses,
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/07/10/114055.php

Extractions: Link to Blogcritics! var site="s11blogcritics" Out of the River Mist By C. Raymond Clar Home The Trailer Park: ... Transporter 2 OPINION Posted by Randy Kirk on July 10, 2005 11:40 AM (See all posts by Randy Kirk Filed under: Culture Culture/Tech: Religion Scroll down to read comments on this story and/or add one of your own. Atheism: The Case Against God (Skeptic's Bookshelf) George H. Smith Book from Prometheus Books Release date: 01 June, 1980
Why I Am An Agnostic
The reasons for agnosticism are abundant and compelling. Fantastic and foolish and impossible consequences are freely claimed for the belief in religion.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/aor/darrow/whyagn.htm

Extractions: An agnostic is a doubter. The word is generally applied to those who doubt the verity of accepted religious creeds of faiths. Everyone is an agnostic as to the beliefs or creeds they do not accept. Catholics are agnostic to the Protestant creeds, and the Protestants are agnostic to the Catholic creed. Any one who thinks is an agnostic about something, otherwise he must believe that he is possessed of all knowledge. And the proper place for such a person is in the madhouse or the home for the feeble-minded. In a popular way, in the western world, an agnostic is one who doubts or disbelieves the main tenets of the Christian faith. I would say that belief in at least three tenets is necessary to the faith of a Christian: a belief in God, a belief in immortality, and a belief in a supernatural book. Various Christian sects require much more, but it is difficult to imagine that one could be a Christian, under any intelligent meaning of the word, with less. Yet there are some people who claim to be Christians who do not accept the literal interpretation of all the Bible, and who give more credence to some portions of the book than to others. I am an agnostic as to the question of God. I think that it is impossible for the human mind to believe in an object or thing unless it can form a mental picture of such object or thing. Since man ceased to worship openly an anthropomorphic God and talked vaguely and not intelligently about some force in the universe, higher than man, that is responsible for the existence of man and the universe, he cannot be said to believe in God. One cannot believe in a force excepting as a force that pervades matter and is not an individual entity. To believe in a thing, an image of the thing must be stamped on the mind. If one is asked if he believes in such an animal as a camel, there immediately arises in his mind an image of the camel. This image has come from experience or knowledge of the animal gathered in some way or other. No such image comes, or can come, with the idea of a God who is described as a force.
Arguments For Agnosticism
A survey of arguments for agnosticism, the view that we cannot know whether or not God exists.
http://www.philosophyofreligion.info/agnosticproofs.html

Extractions: We dont know, and we dont care. Atheist Quotes : "It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence." [William K Clifford] Agnosticism is the view that knowledge of whether or not God exists is unattainable, that we cannot be justified in believing either that God does exist or that he does not. There are two approaches to arguing for this view: first, it can be argued that knowledge of Gods existence is unattainable because no evidence could ever justify religious belief, and second, it can be argued that knowledge of Gods existence is unattainable because evidence of Gods existence is unattainable. One argument of each kind is considered here. The argument from uncertainty takes the fact that we cannot achieve certainty as to whether God exists as justification for agnosticism. Whatever evidence there is for theism and for atheism is fallible, the argument suggests, and therefore ought to be rejected. Of course, we accept fallible evidence as sufficient justification for many of our beliefs, so this argument will only be persuasive if there is some reason to require better evidence when answering religious questions than we require in these other cases. One possible reason for so doing is the importance of being right concerning the existence of God.
The Case For Agnosticism
The Case for agnosticism. ¿ ? When engaging in philosphical discussions, especially about the existence of God, agnostics are usually met with much
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Extractions: The Case for Agnosticism When engaging in philosphical discussions, especially about the existence of God, agnostics are usually met with much indignation from both the theistic and atheistic sides of the issue. The former usually accuses an agnostic of knowing the "truth," but ignoring it. The latter usually says agnostics are scared of retribution from society, but are atheists at heart. Interestingly, both camps either claim agnostics are on their side or on the opposite side, but few give agnostics proper representation by admitting this view is a third possibility. The problem is that there are many conflicting definitions and uses of the word "agnostic" going around, and when people are in disagreement about it, they are usually using different definitions. The purpose of these pages is to offer a clear, concise representation of the orginal, classical agnostic view, and to examine why it is the only fair and justifiable position on many topics, including the existence of God. Furthermore, essays from several prominent agnostics are offered to give a taste of what agnosticism is like in action. Essays and Other Literary Works The Definition of Agnosticism by T. H. Huxley

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