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Interview with an Agnostic

By K. Bennett, published Jan 31, 2007
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I am a Christian and I have always had a desire to learn about beliefs that differ from own. One of the perplexing beliefs to me has always been agnosticism. I never could seem to understand how a group of people could choose to believe neither to believe nor disbelieve in something. After reading several articles written from an agnostic perspective, I decided to learn more about the agnosticism. An interview with an agnostic seemed the best way to do this. I e-mailed the author of the articles I had read, Brad Clark, to ask if he knew of anyone who would be willing to do me this favor. His response was quick enough. Mr. Clark offered to be the subject of my interview himself. The only thing left now was to prepare questions for the interview. (see attachment) Preparing the interview questions turned out to be a hard task because I had to make sure that they demonstrate that this interview was just going to allow me to understand the agnostic viewpoint more clearly.

Interview

The questions that I had come up with turned out as worthless as the tape recorder that I had brought with me. Mr. Clark told me to put both away. Mr. Clark proceeded to inform me of the history of agnosticism and his own personal beliefs.

Bill Clark
Date of Interview: 2006

Agnostics believe that all people have a limited understanding of all around us.

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Takeaways
  • I am a Christian and I have always had a desire to learn about beliefs that differ from own.
  • Mr. Clark refers to himself as an "empirical agnostic, which means that, due to our (all humans) limited intellectual capacity, we are limited in our ability to perceive the outside universe outside of observable phenomenon".
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