Neither a theist nor an atheist

This should help you: *Gnosticism has nothing to do with belief, so it is wrong to say "their belief alone" even has anything to do with their agnosticism. It's usually best to stick with common vernacular and usage and since the religious don't like the word agnostic (they associate it with atheism still), that leaves atheists/secular minded folk as the main users of the word and this chart is generally the most common usage of agnosticism.Take note that one cannot simply be agnostic or gnostic since you have to have something to be agnostic about.Edited by hooah212002, : No reason given.

I am an agnostic atheist because I do not profess to know for certain that god does not exist and I leave open the possibility of some god existing and therefor, i do not believe in any gods.I see faith as being a Gnostic Theist because she is confident she knows god does exist and believes in it. There is no doubt in her mind, as far as I can tell, about that existence. It is not up to me, an outside agent, to determine what someone else actually knows, so I can only go off what they say. Gnosticism deals with knowledge, theism with belief. Here is a good article about it: Atheist vs. AgnosticI am not sure I really follow or necessarily agree with Ringo, but I don't quite know what he is saying to have an opinion. He seems to me to be saying that he knows what other people know or don't know and is making the distinction for them. If that is the case, I do not agree. These sorts of topics, imo, are on an individual level and ought to be left up to the individual to determine.Not that definitions are arbiters of usage, but the first definition of gnostic is:

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of or relating to knowledge, especially esoteric mystical knowledge.

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(one soon finds that this word is really muddied due to actual Gnosticism as a set of beliefs)