It is no accident that atheism is officially a religion. Agnosticism is not; altho there is a faith element in it that elevates ignorance to the level of deity. Atheism is simply recycled humanism of the Enlightenment, which by its very reference to "Light" is making Absolutes and Absolute Truth claims; but again the leap can only be made by faith, as per Kierkegaard and others. Assumptions must be made; as in every and any human endeavor. It would profit us greatly to acknowledge this state of affairs as such.
Agnosticism also qualifies as a kind of holding tank, until more information is available. But that too is by faith--but whether it qualifies as a religion is a valid object for debate.
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