Also, what if any learning or research are you doing to help answer your questions about God (besides Yahoo answers)??
2006-07-06 12:45:29 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Agnostics are not hemming-and-hawing fence sitters. Agnosticism is not a matter of belief in God - it's a philosophical position about the nature of truth and the nature of knowledge. I would say that to be agnostic is to be realistic, and I wish that a lot of believers - both athiest and theist - would accept the reality that 'it is impossible to know'. That doesn't mean they would have to discard their beliefs.
I am both agnostic and atheist. It's about heart and mind. In my heart I do not feel God, but in my mind I accept that I do not know. A person can very easily believe in God while acknowledging that it's impossible to be sure.
I'm not doing much research these days. At home, I have well-thumbed copies of the Bible, the Qur'an, the Tao te Ching, the Bhagavat-Gita, the Upanishads and the Analects. In addition I have several comparative textbooks and other such materials. My wife has many books addressing issues such as reincarnation, auras, chakras and astral travel. I went through a phase of reading up on it, and now I've reached a place that I'm happy with, and I'm moving forward from there.
Peace, and may you also reach that place where you are happy.
2006-07-07 00:02:20 · answer #1 · answered by XYZ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sound's like Pascal's wager. God won't be able to be proved rationally by using any prevalent degree, for this reason the existence of God comes right down to a coin toss. A wagerer given the severe ability upside of believing (eternal existence) as against not believing (avoidance of juvenile inconveniences in existence linked with believing in God and what they could have given up by using following the "regulations") may be extra acceptable to stay their existence as there have been a God because of the severe predicted cost of believing as against not believing. Its not an evidence of God and it has a variety of of holes (and many many critics), yet sounds very corresponding to what you're arguing, and likewise is extremely corresponding to my beliefs. i believe that Islam had an same argument many years beforehand Pascal got here up with this, yet i'm not that conscious of it. So turn a coin, see if God exists and then take a seat lower back and luxuriate in some delicious tacos.
2016-11-01 08:19:59 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I certainly can't believe in god (too many biblical contradictions and things about god that make no sense), but I just can't bring myself to say there is no god just yet. Soooo, I'm sitting on the fence. I've been reading about other religions, mostly related to paganism. Not sure I entirely buy into paganism either. I'm just researching, trying to find what exactly fits me.
2006-07-06 12:56:37 · answer #3 · answered by i luv teh fishes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As an agnostic I am on a side. Could you see the issue in more than black and white,
2006-07-06 12:48:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. No I would not. Picking sides and being a conformist to something I can't stand for just wouldn't be right.
2006-07-06 12:51:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What's wrong with an open mind? You need to learn that there are many shades of gray between that black and white.
2006-07-06 14:40:17 · answer #6 · answered by American Spirit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well some have... im agnostic but im also a weak atheist. but most either believe like me or think the question is unimportant.
2006-07-06 12:54:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No then the fighting would last forever
2006-07-06 12:51:00 · answer #8 · answered by detailsondemand 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hhhhmmmm... I thought that was their side.
2006-07-06 13:15:50 · answer #9 · answered by Kithy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋