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My religious beliefs also defied convention, leaning towards agnosticism and pandeism. — Alfred Tennyson

Well, I tell you, if I have been wrong in my agnosticism, when I die I'll walk up to God in a manly way and say, Sir, I made an honest mistake. — H.L. Mencken

We rely on faith only in the context of claims for which there is no sufficient sensory or logical evidence. — Sam Harris

We all have our beliefs or our agnosticism. — Nicolas Roeg

I am an agnostic on most matters of faith, but on the subject of maps I have always been a true believer. It is on the map, therefore it is, and I am. — Tony Horwitz

It is the best book ever written on the subject. There is nothing like it! — Thomas A. Edison

I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time. — Friedrich Nietzsche

What we do in every other area of our lives (other than religion), is, rather than respect somebody's beliefs, we evaluate their reasons. — Sam Harris

A belief is not true because it is useful — Henri Frederic Amiel

Doubt is a question mark; faith is an exclamation point. The most compelling, believable, realistic stories have included them both. — Criss Jami

No man will say, "There is no God" 'till he is so hardened in sin that it has
become his interest that there should be none to call him to account. — Matthew Henry

Faith does not offer a strong link between our beliefs and actual states of the world. — Sam Harris

I oscillate between agnosticism and atheism. — Brad Pitt

He had remained steadfast in agnosticism and therefore, as Mabel took comfort in remarking, 'he never denied God.' Neither did he affirm God. — Robert V. Bruce

In our day many people are broad but shallow. Agnosticism, anxiety, and emptiness have gripped much of our world. — Billy Graham

The intellectual support for UNBELIEF is about as stable as the stock market. — John Eldredge

I have always considered myself as an Agnostic ... — Alexander Graham Bell

Science is agnostic when it comes to God - not atheistic, as some people prefer to read that laden word wrongly - just agnostic. — Eric Chaisson

[T]he present age, which prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original[.] — Ludwig Feuerbach

Cop-out excuses and catch-phrase dismissals can only work so long before the holes in the religious argument cannot be ignored any longer. — Steve Dustcircle

One could say that my view legitimately fuses the end-time messianic expectations of all three Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Islam, and Christianity! — Eli Of Kittim

I wish I had the gift of religious faith. Sometimes I long to believe in a structured universe designed purposefully for mankind. — Adib Khan

I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose. — Orson Welles

We are all born agnostics. Atheism and theism is sold to us. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The faith of religion is belief on insufficient evidence. — Sam Harris

To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible. — Thomas Aquinas

Please do not tell me that you speak to God on my behalf. If a god exists, I am a good enough man to deserve the message myself. — Dan Pearce

In response to a letter regarding the writer's lack of religious belief:
The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty. — Abigail Van Buren

I am also atheist or agnostic (I don't even know the difference). I've never been to church and prefer to think for myself. — Steve Wozniak

Agnosticism has nothing to impart. Its sermons are the exhortations of one who convinces you he stands on nothing and urges you to stand there too. — Anna Julia Cooper

I don't differentiate much, except in degree, between people who believe in religion from those who believe in astrology, magic or the supernatural. — Andy Rooney

All intelligent faith in God has behind it a background of humble agnosticism. — Harry Emerson Fosdick

To say that atheism is not a religion is the equivalent of saying anarchy is not really a political creed — Bo Jinn

Agnosticism simply means that a man shall not say that he knows or believes that for which he has no grounds for professing to believe. — Thomas Huxley

Beliefs divide us; values unite us." Godless - Living a Valuable Life beyond Beliefs. — Jeff Rasley

Every agnostic has a minister, Mike. Otherwise, they's be atheists. — Jared C. Wilson

I don't know what I believe. I guess that makes me a Christmas Tree Agnostic. — Stephanie Perkins

The more I learn, the less I know. — Jeffrey Rasley

Even now, there are still days so beautiful, I almost believe in God. — Ann Hood

If the gods exist, then it does not matter whether or not this is something that one knows. — Alex Stein

Agnosticism is the everlasting perhaps. — Francis Thompson

Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty? — Brandon Sanderson

And the cause of everything is that which we call God. — Leo Tolstoy

Intellect, at its best, can make you agnostic. Being theist or atheist is still a matter of choice. — Raheel Farooq

I was brought up Christian, then I was agnostic and then I realized I was atheist ... This movie [Agora] is about fundamentalism and hate. — Alejandro Amenabar

If I were to construct a God I would furnish Him with some way and qualities and characteristics which the Present lacks. — Mark Twain

The Agnostic is one who asserts 'what no one denies' that there are limits to the sphere of human intelligence. — Leslie Stephen

The Bible has noble poetry in it ... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies. — Mark Twain

Agnosticism is the natural attitude of the evolutionist. How can a brute mind comprehend spiritual things? — William Jennings Bryan

Belief in God meant belief in the old tribal idol called Jehovah; and I would not pretend I did not know whether it existed or not. — George Bernard Shaw

You don't have to be brave or a saint, a martyr, or even very smart to be an atheist. All you have to be able to say is "I don't know". — Penn Jillette

Education levels are highly and negatively correlated to religious belief. In other words, ignorance is bliss. — Cesar Nascimento

Interviewer: Didn't Sagan want to believe?
Druyan: he didn't want to believe. he wanted to know. — Ann Druyan

Objection, evasion, joyous distrust, and love of irony are signs of health; everything absolute belongs to pathology. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Every notion that any man, dead, living, or unborn, might form as to the universe will necessarily prove wrong — James Branch Cabell

My goal is to try to get people into a state of generalized agnosticism, not about God alone, but agnosticism about everything. — Robert Anton Wilson

The question concerning Jesus: do you want to know the real story, or just the allegory? — Eli Of Kittim

Blessed be the merciless, for they shall see God's enormous shrug. — George Garrett

Life loves to reveal herself to the raw, courageous doubters; to those who are willing to live inside the question. — Jacob Nordby

I am, perhaps, too intellectual, too modern, for my own comfort! How lovely it would be to sink into the warm comfort of established religion. — Lisa Tuttle

I'm always talking to God about whether or not he exists - that's how I know I'm a theist. — Criss Jami

Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed. — Henry Ward Beecher

Skepticism is my nature. Free Thought is my methodology. Agnosticism is my conclusion. Atheism is my opinion. Humanitarianism is my motivation. — Jerry DeWitt

In terms of doing things I take a fairly scientific approach to why things happen and how they happen. I don't know if there's a god or not ... — Bill Gates