Words from Todays Newspaper: Word#5 of the day: AGNOSTIC “I still have routine brushes with agnosticism,” she says. An agnostic is a person who does not have a definite belief about whether God exists or not. It can also refer to a person who does not believe or is unsure of something. The first known usage of the term was in 1869. A sentence exemplifying this meaning is: a. Even polytheists … were in fact tolerated, as Islamic rule spread to most of India. Only the total unbeliever—the agnostic or atheist—was beyond the pale of tolerance.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:49:04 +0000
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