ATHEISM OR AGNOSTICISM?
Since the advent of the theory of evolution, many in our society, especially teenagers, college students, and faculty are finding it politically correct to declare themselves as either atheists or agnostics . These two terms have their roots in the Greek language. In Greek the letter “a” means “no.” The word for God is “theos.” Therefore, an “a -theo- ist” [atheist] is one who says there is no God. The term agnostic comes from the word “gnosis,” from which we get the word knowledge . An agnostic is one who does not know whether God exists. So, which is the most open-minded: atheism or agnosticism? Actually, agnosticism is by far the most open-minded. For an atheist to claim there is no God is a bit arrogant and quite narrow-minded. To assert that in this vast universe billions of light years deep, that in this
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