By Dillon Torok

Thesis

• After I compiled the necessary information to completely comprehend my topic, I manufactured this presentation in an attempt to enlighten everyone in the classroom.

History of the term

• Based on teachings of Protagoras• Introduced by T.H. Huxley• Metaphysical Society

Definition

• Agnosticism- a rejection of knowledge about whether there is or is not a God.

Video

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKFDYf_YmmQ

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKFDYf_YmmQ

Main Argument

• Impossible to prove existence• Impossible to disprove existence

Famous Agnostics

• Protagoras• Charles Darwin• Thomas Huxley• Voltaire

Protagoras

• Wrote On The Gods

“About the gods, I am not able to know whether they exist or do not exist, nor what they are like in form; for the factors preventing knowledge are many: the obscurity of the subject, and the shortness of human life.”

• First Agnostic• Contemporary of Socrates

Charles Darwin

• No scientific method to prove or deny existence of any God

• Coined “natural selection”• Supported evolution theory

Charles Darwin

Thomas Huxley

• Passionate about Darwin’s theories• Referred to as “Darwin’s Bulldog”• Lacked early formal education

T.H. Huxley

Conclusion

• Overall, I found a deeper understanding of agnosticism

Personal Connection

• I am an agnostic, I am logical and I understand that humans are not capable of knowing the unexplainable.

Works Cited

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford University, 2004. Web. 16 Feb. 2010. <http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/atheism-agnosticism/>.

• Darwin Online: Biography. Arts & Humanities Research Council, 10 Jan. 2010. Web. 18 Feb. 2010. <http://darwin-online.org.uk/biography.html>.

Works Cited Continued

• Great Philosophers: Protagoras. Oregon State University, 2003. Web. 18 Feb. 2010. <http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl201/modules/Philosophers/Protagoras/protagoras.html>.

• Clark. Clark University, 1998. Web. 19 Feb. 2010. <http://aleph0.clarku.edu/huxley/>.

• The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Print.