To deny something you must first acknowledge its presence or existence. Not necessary! If something is proposed by somebodyyou can either deny or accept it based on the premises submitted. By acknowledging something that means at one particular point the intellect has accepted it in the form of a thought wave. Then the next moment the intellect might go into Neti Neti mode and who knows it might then go again into acceptance mode and oscillate into Neti Neti mode again. See the comment above So technically the word Agnostic denotes a state in mind where a decision is not yet made. That is the delicate area where there is neither acceptance nor denial. Its like a Yo Yo syndrome for the mind and Agnostics are ruled mainly by Manas portion of the intellect. It is not as simple as that. According to Webster, an agnostic is "one who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as a god or God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable". You don't have evidence to prove either way. Not a yo yo syndrome but not even bothering to go this way or that way. I wonder how passionate can that state be? No idea yaar..Mahakavi dear.