agnosticism vs religion

agnosticism

noun
  • Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding any subject of dispute. 

  • The view that absolute truth or ultimate certainty is unattainable, especially regarding knowledge not based on experience or perceivable phenomena. 

  • Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding the existence of a god or gods. 

  • The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable. 

religion

noun
  • Rituals and actions associated with religious beliefs, but considered apart from them. 

  • Any practice to which someone or some group is seriously devoted. 

  • Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief. 

  • A particular system of such belief, and the rituals and practices proper to it. 

  • The way of life committed to by monks and nuns. 

verb
  • Engage in religious practice. 

  • To make sacred or symbolic; sanctify. 

  • Indoctrinate into a specific religion. 

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