Agnosticism concerns one’s stance on knowledge, not particularly about one’s beliefs. The term coined by Thomas Henry Huxley is technically the belief that “ultimate reality” is unknowable, rather than merely not knowing. Within agnosticism there are essentially three sectors: Agnostic Theism purports belief in God but acknowledges that this belief isn’t based on proof and that God’s existence is ultimately unknowable through reason. An Agnostic Atheist doesn’t believe in God but also doesn’t claim to know for certain that God doesn’t exist, acknowledging the limits of human knowledge. Lastly a Classical Agnostic holds the view that the existence of God is unknown and probably unknowable, remaining neutral on belief. The key difference once again is that Theists/Atheists differ on belief whereas an Agnostic’s stance is about their lack of or inability to know whether God exists or not. The central figure in Western philosophy, Socrates, was adamant that so-called “Divine Revelation” is personal, not corporate, giving the individual their own identity separate from the crowd…