> agnostic: > A. n. One who holds that the existence of anything beyond and behind > material phenomena is unknown and (so far as can be judged) > unknowable, and especially that a First Cause and an unseen world are > subjects of which we know nothing. > [Suggested by Prof. Huxley at a party held previous to the formation > of the now defunct Metaphysical Society, at Mr. James Knowles's house > on Clapham Common, one evening in 1869, in my hearing. He took it from > St. Paul's mention of the alter to 'the Unknown God.' R.H Hutton in > letter 13 Mar. 1881.] > > Atheist is much simpler: > > 1. One who denies or disbelieves the existence of a God. > > And dates to at least 1568. Hey! Does this mean Agnostisism was the next evolutionary step from Atheism? (What? I can hope for a superior outlook on life from my atheist brothers and sisters, can't I? Does that make me evil?) <grin> Chris