Palekar regards himself as an agnostic atheist. Being nonreligious is not necessarily equivalent to being an atheist or agnostic. Heidecker describes himself as an atheist and an agnostic. There are Egyptians who identify themselves as atheist and agnostic. Kinnock has been described as an agnostic and an atheist. He accepts the labels agnostic, nontheist, atheist and others. Von Sydow was reported to be either an agnostic or an atheist. Both her parents were prominent agnostic atheists. She was a religious agnostic, and a staunch evolutionist. He is a noted proponent of agnostic or secular Buddhism. Beveridge himself became a "materialist agnostic", in his words. Holt has been described as an "apathetic agnostic". Listed here are persons who have identified themselves as theologically agnostic. Unlike many of the more agnostic Enlightenment philosophers, Rousseau affirmed the necessity of religion. Peebles has described himself as a convinced agnostic.