How would you describe an Agnostic. Would they be Christians?

Agnostics aren't sure if it's safe to believe that there is a god and don't practice worship. Most of my Agnostic friends believe in god, but not hell or the bible.

An Agnostic doesn't claim to know one way or the other the existence of any higher power. Some may lean towards atheism, some may lean towards believing there's a likelihood that there could be a higher power. But by definition, an Agnostic is not Christian or any other religion except perhaps Buddhism.

An agnostic is a person who has questions in all directions, while an atheist is sure there is no God and a theist is sure there is while a Christian is sure that the only path to God is through Christ to the exclusion of all others.

A minor comparison would be asking a person about another, "is she a good woman?" The agnostic would say, "I don't know her or enough about her to be able to answer."

An agnostic is someone who doesn't believe that you can prove or disprove the existence of 'god' based on our limited understanding and knowledge.

Most don't believe in the various deities that human religions have invented to worship over the years. All of these deities have one thing in common: you have to believe in them based on faith - because you can't physically see, hear, or touch them.

Obviously an omnipotent 'god' would be capable of existing while simultaneously being completely undetectable.

Although the complete lack of evidence to support the existence of god(s), and with no compelling reason to infer their existence, most agnostics believe that while 'god' is possible - it is highly improbable.

It's not a fence sitting argument as many try to make it out to be - agnostics aren't 'hedging their bets', or 'waffling'.

The fact is, no-one knows for sure, but what I do know is that if there is some kind of higher intelligence or supreme being in the universe - it doesn't have anything to do with any of the superstitious nonsense propagated by religion over the centuries.

“An agnostic is a man who thinks that it is impossible to know the truth in the matters such as God and a future life with which the Christian religion and other religions are concerned. Or, if not for ever impossible, at any rate impossible at present.”—PHILOSOPHER BERTRAND RUSSELL, 1953.

THE man who coined the term “agnostic” was a zoologist by the name of Thomas Huxley. Born in 1825, Huxley was a contemporary of Charles Darwin and a champion of the teaching of evolution. In 1863, Huxley wrote that he could see no evidence that there was a God who “loves us and cares for us as Christianity asserts.”

Many today would agree with the sentiments of those influential men, stating that they will believe only in what they can see. To have faith in someone or something for which there is no evidence is pure gullibility, they may say.

Does the Bible require that we blindly believe in God? Quite the contrary. The Bible shows that it is naive—even foolish—to put faith in claims that are not backed by evidence. “Anyone inexperienced puts faith in every word,” states the Bible, “but the shrewd one considers his steps.”—Proverbs 14:15.

What, then, about belief in God? Is there really any evidence that God exists, let alone loves us and cares for us?

God’s Qualities Revealed

The Bible writer Paul, while speaking to a group of Athenian intellectuals, asserted that God “made the world and all the things in it.” Paul told his skeptical audience that God is interested in mankind and that, in fact, “he is not far off from each one of us.”—Acts 17:24-27.

Why was Paul convinced that God exists and is interested in His human creation? Paul revealed one reason when writing to fellow Christians in the city of Rome. He said of God: “His invisible qualities are clearly seen from the world’s creation onward, because they are perceived by the things made.”—Romans 1:20.

Not really. An agnostic holds the very honest opinion that he/she does not know whether god(s) exist or not. He/she may also maintain that given our current knowledge, the question of gods existence is unknowable.

The agnostic has no belief one way or the other (atheism requires belief and faith), so they could not be christian.

An agnostic is a doubter. He believes there is or may be a God, but that is about it. I can't see that if you are agnostic, you could call yourself a Christian. A Christian is one who believes ALL that God said and that the bible is the infallible word of God. He is a follower of Jesus Christ and of his teachings.

Go to this link. It really explains it.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/agnostic.htm

No they are not christians. Christians believe that Jesus Christ, God's son, is our savior.

Agnostics don't believe that. They don't know if God is real or not. I guess you could say that they are on the fence with the existance of God. They are their own group. Hence the different name "agnostics"

Agnosticism is a frame of mind, as opposed to a belief, insofar as an Agnostic simply believes that there is no way to prove or disprove God.

Belief is the acceptance or denial of a Higher power.

Therefore you can have;

an Atheist, who does not believe in God

an Agnostic Atheist, who does not believe in God but accepts the possibility of God existing

a Theist, who believes in God

an Agnostic Theist, who believes in God but accepts the possibility of God not existing.

Hope that clarified :)

Agnostics doubt the existence of God

Agnostic comes from a=not and gnostic=know and so an Agnostic is one who does "not know". This is commonly applied to the question, "Does God exist?" In its most basic meaning it would be appropriate to apply it to any question for which you did not know the answer, such as, "I am agnostic relative to your question".