Is it illogical to be agnostic (as defined as someone who thinks the existence

Is it illogical to be agnostic (as defined as someone who thinks the existence

Is it illogical to be agnostic (as defined as someone who thinks the existence of "God" is unknown or unknowable)? My problem with it is that it seems to lack historical perspective and in particular a knowledge of how other cultures conceive of the divine. For example, an agnostic from a western country typically claims that she doesn't know whether "God" (as conceived of in Judeo-Christian theology) exists. But what about someone who was born into the Buddhist tradition? It wouldn't make much sense for them to claim that they are "agnostic" in the sense that someone from a Christian country is; because Buddhism has no god. Perhaps a "Buddhist agnostic" would be uncertain about the truth of reincarnation. So does being an "agnostic" show that the person is still thinking from a Christian mindset?

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