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Agnosticism isn't a worldview on the metaphysical actuality of the cosmos itself, but a state of mind of the individual or a limitation of the individual. That isn't tautological to the workings of the cosmos. The "limitations of the individual", either personally or cosmically posed, are not the
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needs a reassessment of its Importance level, as it has little to do with atheism and is instead an article about anti-theist/anti-religious actions of governments.
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Whatever the answer — which could be either of these, or both of these, or something else — the article desperately needs clarification.
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Is it just the agnostic person whose knowledge is referred to here? (The existence of God is unknown or unknowable to that person?)
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Agnosticism is the view or belief that the existence of God, of the divine or the supernatural is unknown or unknowable.
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unknowable" or to mean an apathy towards religion without claiming anything about the nature of our reality?
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Should a clause not be added that agnosticism can mean "the belief that the existence of a god or gods is
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Or does the quote mean the agnostic believes the existence of God is unknown or unknowable to
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Agnosticism isn't a worldview on the metaphysical actuality of the cosmos itself
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