'Agnostic,' retorted Aveling, was simply 'atheist' writ respectable, and 'atheist' was simply 'agnostic' writ aggressive.

About 20 percent are agnostic, and the rest could fairly be called atheists.

Remember you are those who disputed the things you knew so wherefore dispute about things you do not know? And God has the knowledge, while you do not know.

Listen! This was what you argued about of which you have some knowledge why do you then argue about the matter you do not have any knowledge of? And Allah knows whereas you do not know.

Ha, you are the ones who dispute on what you know why then dispute you touching a matter of which you know not anything? God knows, and you know not.

Ah! ye are those who fell to contending respecting that whereof ye had some knowledge, wherefore then should ye contend respecting that whereof ye have no knowledge! And Allah knoweth, and ye know not.

Verily, you are those who have disputed about that of which you have knowledge. Why do you then dispute concerning that which you have no knowledge? It is Allah Who knows, and you know not.

Here you are you argue about things you know, but why do you argue about things you do not know? God knows, and you do not know.

Behold, you are those who have disputed greatly concerning matters which you knew why are you now disputing about matters that you know nothing about? Allah knows it whereas you do not know.

Lo! ye are those who argue about that whereof ye have some knowledge Why then argue ye concerning that whereof ye have no knowledge? Allah knoweth. Ye know not.

Ah! You are the very ones who argue about that of which you have knowledge. But why do you argue about that of which you have no knowledge? And Allah knows and you do not know.

Indeed, you have disputed about that which you have knowledge. Why then dispute about that of which you have no knowledge? Allah knows and you do not know.

Here you are those who have argued about that of which you have some knowledge, but why do you argue about that of which you have no knowledge? And Allah knows, while you know not.

You even argue about what is already known to you. What can you learn from arguing about that which you have no knowledge? God knows but you do not know.

Behold! you are they who disputed about that of which you had knowledge why then do you dispute about that of which you have no knowledge? And Allah knows while you do not know.

You are those who disputed about things of which you had some knowledge. Must you now argue about things of which you have no knowledge? God knows, but you do not know.

Ah! Ye are those who fell to disputing (Even) in matters of which ye had some knowledge! but why dispute ye in matters of which ye have no knowledge? It is Allah Who knows, and ye who know not!

Mengimani Perubahan Iklim (No Agnostics in the Climate Foxhole)

Hence the phrase, tooth fairy agnostic.

If you are like me, you know many wonderful, committed, engaged atheists, agnostics, who are being very good without God.

Today, agnostic thinking is on the decline and humanity is equally enamoured of religion, science, knowledge and spirituality.

This one was unexpected because I started the year as an agnostic, and by the end of the year, I became what a friend of mine calls a reverent agnostic, which I love.

The problems with having a theory is that your theory may be loaded with cognitive biases.

I think that generally an 'agnostic' would be the most correct description of my state of mind.

So, my friend is strictly agnostic about the tooth fairy, but it isn't very likely, is it? Like God.

He won't call himself an atheist because it's, in principle, impossible to prove a negative, but agnostic on its own might suggest that God's existence was therefore on equal terms of likelihood as his non existence.

Since the exact ratio of men to women within the framework of the total population is unknown, these conclusions are rather speculative.

The list of things which we strictly have to be agnostic about doesn't stop at tooth fairies and teapots. It's infinite.

And this one was a big lesson because I was praying, giving these prayers of thanksgiving, which was odd for an agnostic.

Don't know. We will discuss that.

But I don't know that that's the common debate.

I knew enough, that is, to know that I'd be a tourist in the Koran an informed one, an experienced one even, but still an outsider, an agnostic Jew reading some else's holy book.

Whatever you're doing with your hands, it's understanding that gesture.

Now this theory was of more than just intellectual interest to me.

There were a lot of risks involved that they talked about during the informed consent portion.

I could talk at length about the many little distinctions we made and the endless list of ways that I got it wrong.

Afraid of the conflict that that would provoke, afraid to get embroiled in arguments that they did not know how to manage, and felt that they were bound to lose.

Notice that the fact that the concept of health is open, genuinely open for revision, does not make it vacuous.

I don't want to get into that, you know that's not my point.

You would strictly have to be agnostic about whether there is a teapot in orbit about Mars, but that doesn't mean you treat the likelihood of its existence as on all fours with its non existence.

It's impossible in theory, but possible in practice.

I want to believe that we can be agnostic about this, that we can rise above all of this.

That every single one of us, whether we have children, whether we care about children, whether we have nieces or nephews, or anything that we can make a difference.

With the passing of the era of agnostic philosophies, humanity is once again united in celebrating monotheism and belief in the Creator as the originator of existence.

It lacks the strong connotation that there's definitely no God, and it could therefore easily be embraced by teapot or tooth fairy agnostics.