# Technically, is agnosticism the only valid option?

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**Created:** [May 21, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technically-is-agnosticism-the-only-valid-option/720460 "2015-05-21T00:49:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technically-is-agnosticism-the-only-valid-option/720460/149 "2015-05-23T16:26:22Z")

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> In general we have theism, atheism and agnosticism.

I never quite understand such statements. I understand that ‘‘polytheism’’ is a ‘theism’ but as best I can figure it out polytheism is rarely discussed. [I cannot find the word in this thread.]

Does the word ‘‘epistemology’’ ever show up in in these discussions? Shouldn’t ‘‘epistemology’’ start these discussions?

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