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Buddha was not with the Agnostics; he spoke against Skepticism:
Courtesy our friend Tathagata (#79)
The Buddha was NOT an Agnostic. It is scripturally false to say he was an Agnostic. He was in fact vehemently opposed to Agnosticism and he called them evasive eel-wrigglers. See the Brahmajala Sutta and the Samannaphala Sutta.
Ambiguous Evasion [edit]
The concept of ambiguous evasion or eel-wriggling (Pali: Amaravikkhepa) is introduced in the Brahmajala sutta. When hearing Buddhist teachings, the Buddha claims that people would react with four forms of ambiguous evasion:
1. Evasion out of fear or hatred of making false claims.
2. Evasion out of fear or hatred of attachment.
3. Evasion out of fear or hatred of debate.
4. Evasion out of fear or hatred of admitting ignorance.
In other words, when a person would hear the dharma, they would respond, "I don't know. Maybe it is true. Maybe it is not true. I can't say it's true because I don't know and I can't deny it's true because I don't know."
The idea is that the person isn't considering the arguments presented (see Kalama Sutta), but stubbornly adhering to irrational agnosticism out of feelings of fear or hatred.
Brahmajala Sutta (Theravada) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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