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Letter: Known unknowns

Published 25 February 2015

From Chris Ford

Steven Miles claims that agnosticism is an untenable position (21 February, p 54). As I understand it, agnosticism is not a “don’t know” position, but the assertion that the existence of god is unprovable. This is a more scientific position than either atheism or theism can claim to be.
Walsall, West Midlands, UK

Issue no. 3010 published 28 February 2015

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