Agnosticism is the view that people cannot know whether God exists — not yes, not no, but "we do not have a way to be sure." It names the idea; the person who holds the idea is an agnostic. A scientist, Thomas Henry Huxley, made the word by adding -ism (a system of belief) to agnostic.

Agnosticism is the view that people cannot know whether God exists——not yes, not no, but "we do not have a way to be sure."agnosticism指的是「人無法確定神是否存在」這個看法——不是肯定，也不是否定，而是「我們沒有辦法確定」。It names the idea它指的是這個想法本身; the person who holds the idea is an agnostic而抱持這個想法的人叫做agnostic。A scientist, Thomas Henry Huxley有位科學家Thomas Henry Huxley, made the word by adding -ism (a system of belief) to agnostic在agnostic後面加上-ism（一套信念系統）造出了這個字。

You will meet it in careful writing about religion and philosophy more than in everyday chat. Students sometimes treat the long -ism as if it were a kind of person, because so many belief-words look similar, but this one names the stance, not the human.

You will meet it in careful writing about religion and philosophy你會在講宗教和哲學的嚴謹文章裡遇到它 more than in everyday chat而不是在日常閒聊裡。Students sometimes treat the long -ism as if it were a kind of person學生有時候會把長長的-ism字尾誤當成是在講一種人, because so many belief-words look similar因為很多講信念的字看起來都很像, but this one names the stance, not the human但這個字指的是立場，不是人本身。

Though actually, writers also talk about agnosticism toward other big claims (not only God), meaning a refusal to say we know when we do not.

Though actually不過其實, writers also talk about agnosticism toward other big claims (not only God)作家也會用agnosticism來講對其他重大主張（不只是神）抱持的態度, meaning a refusal to say we know when we do not意思是「不知道就不裝作知道」的一種拒絕。