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[No2W2004]

Agnostic means "without knowledge". One can easily be an agnostic Christian or deist, or an agnostic atheist. Agnostic is merely a descripor.
It's the difference between saying:
Agnostic (soft) atheist: "I do not believe in god."
Gnostic (hard) atheist: "I know there is no god."


Now, the way I have understood things, to be a deist, one must have faith in god. So, how can one say "I don't know" and still be a deist?

As a gnostic, how do you know there is no god? What is your experience? How have you studied, researched, and come up with your conclusion?

As an Agnostic, I don't say "I do not believe in god", nor do I say "I believe in god". I do say one can't prove the existence, or the non existence of any deity, thus it's out of my realm of understanding.
That's where "without knowledge" comes in. That knowledge is impossible to know.