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Agnosticism Question

My Christian friend told me that Agnosticism isn't real.

The title is pretty self-explanatory. I felt really offended when she said that. What should I tell her?
 ElsaFrozen posted over a year ago
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lucy32 said:
Tell her that not knowing for sure if god exists is very real and experienced by many people. Unlike the Christian (or any other) god.
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glelsey said:
I can see why you're not sure how to respond, mostly because what your friend said was really... weird.

If I'm honest, I don't think I completely understand what it is they're claiming, so I think I'd have to ask them to reword their statement, or explain what they mean.

Are they saying that it's impossible for a person to not completely be one way or the other? Are they suggesting that all people are either a 100% believer or disbeliever? Because that was how I first read it.

Then I wondered if they meant that agnosticism is "a religion that's wrong". Personally, I've never known whether agnosticism counts as a religion (depends if atheism counts I guess) but I wondered if your friend simply doesn't realise what agnosticism is, and assumed that it was a "rival belief" to contradict her own?

Sorry if I've not been much help, but I do think that what your friend said to you was very strange.
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Princessofpower said:
Agnosticism definitely exists because neither Christians or atheists can prove the existence or non existence of a god,agnosticism is the acceptance that no person is able to prove or disprove the existence of a god so yes agnosticism is real.
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