What does it mean to be "agnostic"?

To my way of thinking, a-gnosticism refers primarily to the Socratic stance of "not knowing".

In a culturally Christian context, this might mean
"I don't know for sure that there isn't a three-fold ('triune') God."

What about in your context?

This is one of the things it means, from the purpose page: 'Independent and neutral: We are committed to remaining independent so we can provide a neutral place for any group to come together.'

I certainly didn't intend to mean it in the religious sense in this context! I think I was probably referring to Loomio being as simple as possible, remaining a tool that lots of different kinds of groups can use in diverse ways - for example, Loomio is "agnostic" about what it means for a proposal to pass... 100% consensus? some other %? do a certain proportion of group members need to state a position for it to be valid? We don't know! It's totally up to group to set these type of protocols.

Loomio has only a few core "beliefs" that shape its design, while everything else it is "agnostic" about. Some of these beliefs are encapsulated in the Purpose/Values @matthewbartlett linked to. Others might be things like "more diverse participants leads to better decision outcomes", "making it easy for people to participate in decisions that affect them is good", "groups examining and making explicit their decision-making protocols is a valuable step in itself (regardless of what the specific protocols are", "majority-rules voting can leave the best solution on the table", etc. These aren't formalized Loomio values, just my own conceptions of them.

Thanks @matthewbartlett @alanna for the clarification and link to purpose.

So, when I refer to the 'Mediation Abacus' as an 'agnostic tool', we're speaking the same language, right?