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The word "agnostic" was coined in 1869 by [[T. H. Huxley]]<ref>T. H. Huxley was also an early and influential supporter of [[Darwinism]].</ref> from the [[Greek language|Greek]] roots ''a-'' not, and ''-gnostic,'' knowing; the philosopher [[Herbert Spencer]] was influential in spreading its use. One nineteenth-century saw held that "There is no god but the Unknowable, and Herbert Spencer is his prophet."<ref>London, Jack (1913), ''Martin Eden,'' [http://london.sonoma.edu/Writings/MartinEden/chapter13.html Chapter 13]</ref>  ]

The word "agnostic" was coined in 1869 by [[T. H. Huxley]]<ref>T. H. Huxley was also an early and influential supporter of [[Darwinism]].</ref> from the [[Greek language|Greek]] roots ''a-'' not, and ''-gnostic,'' knowing; the philosopher [[Herbert Spencer]] was influential in spreading its use. One nineteenth-century saw held that "There is no god but the Unknowable, and Herbert Spencer is his prophet."<ref>London, Jack (1913), ''Martin Eden,'' [http://london.sonoma.edu/Writings/MartinEden/chapter13.html Chapter 13]</ref>  ]

Agnostics are often thought of as cowardly atheists, due to their wishy-washy rejection of God.  Christian belief holds that those who know of [[Jesus]] but do not accept him are just as damned as those who reject him explicitly.

Some accuse agnostics of being cowardly atheists, due to their supposedly wishy-washy rejection of God.  It is also said by particular Christian groups, particularly but not exclusively in the United States of America, that those who know of [[Jesus]] but do not accept him are just as damned as those who reject him explicitly.

==Atheism and agnosticism==

==Atheism and agnosticism==