Agnosticism is a Self-refuting Idea. How it's Impossible to Know the Nature of God is Unknowable.

There are many definitions of Agnosticism. One of the main definitions is quite problematic and inherently self-refuting.

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[troywhite]

What would be the term for someone who thinks these two truths:
1) ALL self proclaimed gods are evil liars by default and not really gods as they proclaim.
2) No benevolent god exists.

[KendalSmithy]

My argument is that agnosticism is too narrow a 'fence' to sit on. We must slide down one side or the other. If we say we can't know of God's existence and then carry on as if He doesn't exist we've slid down the side of atheism. Whereas if we believe God can and does exist - acknowledging that we do not have absolute certainty - and we lead our lives according to whichever belief system we embrace then that too is not agnosticism.

[DragonsinGenesisPodcast]

A common definition I encounter is “one who does not know that a god exists or does not exist.” But until a deity reveals itself then everyone is agnostic because none of us know, so the term isn’t very useful.

[mikeyant]

If God reveals Himself, one can know Him.
Creation reveals several things about God. One of them is that He is the Judge.
Of all the supposed gods, only the God of the Bible has shown that He actually judges.
God pronounced a specific judgment for sin on the ancient Philistine civilization, even describing the final fate of one of its cities, Ashkelon, in the judgment.



Zephaniah 2:4-7 KJV
For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. [5] Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the Lord is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant. [6] And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. [7] And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the Lord their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.


As promised, the Philistine civilization has disappeared. Ashkelon was destroyed, but was rebuilt, and is a Jewish city today.

Therefore it is reasonable to believe that the God of the Bible is God.

[adamholloway]

Unless God reveals his existence, religious individuals cannot "prove" that God exists. Also, since it is impossible to prove a negative, Atheists cannot prove that God does not exist. So, that leaves us in a situation where, unless God reveals his own existence, we can neither prove nor disprove that He exists.