Do you believe in God? Why/Why not?

[JWeinCom]

Cyran said:

JWeinCom said:

Agnostic or gnostic refers to what you know or rather claim to know.  So a gnostic atheist would be someone who claims "I know god does not exist".  An gnostic theist would say "I know god exists".  An agnostic atheist would say "I don't believe a god exists but I don't know that for a fact."  And an agnostic theist would say "I believe a god exists, but I can't prove it."

 

You actually got the definition of Agnostic backward.  Agnostic is the belief that something can not be known.  Someone that Agnostic about god believe it impossible to know whether god exist.  You can be Agnostic about anything, not just god.  On the other hand the term Gnostic originated from a religion that believed in a unknowable god.

Edit: After rereading what you wrote I realize you had Agnostic right and I got mix up with the statement you use for Gnostic.  I never heard anyone use the term Gnostic the way you did personally.  

I'm using it as an adjective here.  You can also use it as a noun which would be a bit different.