BreezeWood
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- my answer remains the agnostic can not "believe" without proof as otherwise being oxymoronic however tangential, existence or properties ... agnostic atheist / theist the same.
believe - without trying to define it?
* the OP asked a stupid question - for whatever reason, sorry.
believe in flying saucers - would still require the saucer.
.from the agnostics in this forum the very term defines them as disbelieving, would not declare a belief without proof - so the above would seem oxymoronic to the point of what you are describing is actually someone who is a theist ...
I don't think you should infer the OP's usage of the term from others' usage. As I said, the term is used in a few different ways. It's very common for "agnostic" to be used as a category which is not mutually exclusive with "theist" or "atheist", so that a person might describe themselves as either an agnostic theist or an agnostic atheist.
Anyway, I'm sure the OP put "agnostic" in quotes for a reason. He recognized that he might be using the term in a little bit of a non-standard way. But the gist of the OP is nevertheless pretty clear despite any quibbles about terms, and they are asking more about agnosticism in relation to properties of some "higher intelligence", rather than the existence of said intelligence. So most of this is probably beside the point, but it still seemed worthwhile to me to point out that your complaint about terminology neglects some common uses of the word "agnostic".
Can an "agnostic" believe in a greater intelligence without trying to define it?
and they are asking more about agnosticism in relation to properties of some "higher intelligence", rather than the existence of said intelligence.
- my answer remains the agnostic can not "believe" without proof as otherwise being oxymoronic however tangential, existence or properties ... agnostic atheist / theist the same.
believe - without trying to define it?
* the OP asked a stupid question - for whatever reason, sorry.
believe in flying saucers - would still require the saucer.