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"What are the basic views of the Agnostic religion?

What are the basic views of the agnostic religion? Agnostics claim to have no knowledge about the existence of God. In fact, the term “agnostic” literally means “no knowledge.” There is not one commonly-accepted set of views of the agnostic religion. There are actually a variety of different agnostic views as outlined below.

Agnostic Religion: Views and Viewpoints
There are two basic forms of agnosticism. Weak Agnosticism holds that God is unknown. It accepts that God may be known, and some people may possibly know God. The second form, Strong Agnosticism, maintains that God is unknowable, that God cannot be known.

There is an additional breakdown of views on the ability to know God. Limited agnosticism says that God is partially unknown because of our finitude. This view holds that we can know some things about God, but we cannot know everything. Unlimited agnosticism claims that God is completely unknowable. That is, it’s impossible to truly know anything about God. "
http://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/agnostic-religion-faq.htm

I mostly favor the latter idea that God is completely unknowable. Though if humans in the future became more intelligent [which if one looks at the trend, it doesn't look very hopeful] it might be possible to know something about God. But I doubt that God [if there is such an entity/quality] even knows that much about God- which may be a reason for existence itself.

As a way of measuring, I would say that once people could have a good understanding of other people, then there is some hope they could begin to understand God.

Another reference:

Agnosticism is a concept, not a full religion. It is a belief related to the existence or non-existence of God. However, many people have started with an Agnosticism, and have added a moral code, rituals and other items to create a belief system with many of the attributes of a religion.
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Agnosticism implies uncertainty about the existence of God. The basic problem here is that there are many answers to the question "Does God exist?" However there is only this one term available to cover all of the meanings. Some of today's possible overlapping answers to the question are:
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"The one principle linking all meanings of "Agnostic" is that God's existence can neither be proved nor disproved, on the basis of current evidence. Agnostics note that some theologians and philosophers have tried to to prove, for millennia, that God exists. Others have attempted to prove that God does not exist. Agnostics feel that neither side has convincingly succeeded at their task."
http://www.religioustolerance.org/agnostic.htm

Personally I feel that an Agnostic could belong to any of the great religions because there really isn't much difference on a intellectual basis between people of faith and agnostics. But having faith could be problematic for agnostics, and the specific faith of the religion is a rather important aspect of the great religions.

I can see why someone of faith might regard an Agnostic as the most damnable/cursed.

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