Post #2718242
2026-05-06 02:46 UTC
@trishalynn@mastodon.sandwich.net
> the word concept of agnosticism was introduced by an English anthropologist in 1869
Do you know what relationship, if any, it has to the concept of Christian gnostics?
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@trishalynn@mastodon.sandwich.net 2026-05-06 04:06
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz Not sure? The History section of the Wikipedia article will have more information.
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@trishalynn@mastodon.sandwich.net 2026-05-06 15:51
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz Ah, just looked up Gnosticism in Wikipedia and AFAICT, Gnosticism and Agnosticism are not related at all. Also, the concepts behind agnosticism but not the word itself was also recorded in Greece, China, and India before the Common Era. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnosticism#History