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are similar although whereas the ignostic says "every theological position assumes too much about the concept of God", the theological noncognitivist claims to have no concept whatever to label as "a concept of God", but the relationship of ignosticism to other nontheistic views is less clear. While
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Spiegel, Irving (1965-06-20). "Jewish 'Ignostic' Stirs Convention; Dropping of 'God' in Service Deplored and Condoned".
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and agnosticism, other philosophers consider ignosticism to be distinct.
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Idea that the question of the existence of God is meaningless
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Index

Theism
Agnosticism
Apatheism
Atheism
Classical theism
Deism
Henotheism
Ietsism
Ignosticism
Monotheism
Monism
Dualism
Monolatry
Kathenotheism
Omnism
Pandeism
Panentheism
Pantheism
Polytheism
Transtheism
Brahman
Creator
Demiurge
Deus
Father
Form of the Good
God
Great Architect
Monad
Mother

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