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This is the view of those who claim not to know of the existence or non-existence of God or gods, but do not believe in them.<ref>[http://www.philosophybasics.com/branch_agnosticism.html Agnosticism], Philisophybasics.com</ref>}}
This is the view of those who claim not to know of the existence or non-existence of God or gods, but do not believe in them.<ref>[http://www.philosophybasics.com/branch_agnosticism.html Agnosticism], Philisophybasics.com</ref>}}
=== Limited agnosticism vs. unlimited agnosticism ===
The [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[Norman Geisler]] makes a distinction between limited agnosticism and unlimited agnosticism.<ref>Christian Apologetics By Norman L. Geisler, 2013</ref>
According to the website All About Philosophy:
{{Cquote|Two other types with respect to the ability to know God are limited and unlimited agnosticism. Limited agnosticism holds that God is partially unknowable. It is possible to know some things, but not everything, about God. Unlimited agnosticism, however, claims that God is completely unknowable. It says that it is impossible to know anything about God.<ref>[http://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/agnosticism-faq.htm Agnosticism], AllaboutPhilosophy.com</ref>}}
==== Norman Geisler on unlimited/complete agnosticism ====
''See also:'' [[Agnosticism quotes]]
[[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[Norman Geisler]] wrote on complete agnosticism:
{{cquote|Complete agnosticism is self-defeating; it reduces to the self-destructing assertion that "one knows enough about [[reality]] in order to affirm that nothing can be known about reality." This statement provides within itself all that is necessary to [[falsify]] itself. For if one knows something about reality, then he surely cannot affirm in the same breath that all of reality is unknowable. And of course if one knows nothing whatsoever about reality, then he has no basis whatsoever for making a statement about reality. It will not suffice to say that his knowledge about reality is purely and completely negative, that is, a knowledge of what one cannot meaningfully affirm that something is not – that it follows that total agnosticism is self-defeating because it assumes some knowledge about reality in order to deny any knowledge of reality (Geisler, Apologetics, p. 20).<ref>http://www.greatcom.org/resources/secular_religions/ch01/default.htm</ref>}}
[[Category: Agnosticism]]
[[Category: Agnosticism]]