Not a Gnostic - 02/14/07 02:42 PM
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agnostic noun. a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God or of anything beyond material phenomena; a person who claims neither faith nor disbelief in God.
ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from a- 1 [not] + gnostic
I am agnostic. But how did this word come about? Etymology-wise, it means I am not a believer in a prominent heretical movement of the 2nd-century.