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What is the difference between an agnostic and a humanist?

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Humanism has nothing to do with belief. It is a philosophy. If you strip Jesus of the apocalyptic preaching and supernatural stuff, then he was a humanist with his message of empathy, tolerance and the Golden Rule. There are many Christian humanists. Most Christians in my country are humanists. read more

Sara is a humanist but not an agnostic. She’s not an agnostic because she knows whether gods exist. She is a humanist because she thinks people are important, and the welfare of people is important, and things like Hellfire that detract from human welfare are bad. Joe is an agnostic; he has no clue whether gods exist. read more

The difference between atheists and agnostics is belief of god and knowledge of god. An atheist (a-theist) does not believe god(s) exist and agnostics (a-gnostic) does not know if god(s) exist. There can be many combinations of atheist, theist, gnostic, and agnostic to describe people's approach to god. read more

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