Is an agnostic like the irresponsible, apathetic fence-sitter who doesn't vote?
2006-09-23 18:49:06 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Huh?
2006-09-23 18:51:32 · answer #1 · answered by GraycieLee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, an agnostic is like a person who doesn't blindly commit himself to a candidate based solely on which of the two nearly identical parties the candidate aligns himself with. If you were told, "The car you drive for the next ten years will either be a red 1977 VW bug, or a blue 1977 VW bug," would you think of this as having a choice? Would that be "freedom?"
2006-09-23 19:07:23 · answer #2 · answered by RabidBunyip 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think most agnostics have democratic tendencies.
Atheists seem mostly Republican.
Believers are equally mixed-they come in all shapes and sizes.
It's just that the only politicians with enough balls to bring religion into politics are the Christian Republicans.
2006-09-25 12:46:06 · answer #3 · answered by limendoz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word agnostic literally means one who does not know, and therefore is not able to make a decision. Therefore the only true agnostic is the one who chooses to remain ignorant. Religion makes its arguments and some are quite good. Atheism makes its arguments and some are quite good. But what both do is make it quite clear that you can not be one or the other, and you cannot be both or neither. Thus for a person to be agnostic is to either be blissfully ignorant or intellectually dishonest, both by choice.
2006-09-23 18:53:32 · answer #4 · answered by AirborneSaint 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, an agnostic is simply someone who realizes that no one can really ever know the truth about God and the nature of the universe so they don't bother trying. At least, that's what an agnostic is as far as I know.
2006-09-23 18:52:22 · answer #5 · answered by boukenger 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm waiting for the votes to come in before I vote (like in die). I want to make sure I'm on the "winning" team. Think about it. What if Allah is really top dog? What if Jesus is on the outs with dad? What if Buddha is kicking butt up there. And let us not forget Thor, Zeus and all the others. I really don't want to go up there only to find that the ones I had counted on moved out. You have to hedge your bets on a thing like this.
2006-09-25 10:48:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No... if anything, they are the only ones who have it correct.
At our heart, we should all be agnostic. An agnostic is one who doesn't believe because they cannot say for sure there is or is not a god.
In reality, no one can say for sure... for absolute sure, testable, verifiable... that there is a god.
I can say I'm an atheist because I don't believe in God, but that assumes there IS one and that I just don't believe in him.
I can say I'm an atheist because there is no god, but that can't be completely true because I cannot verify if there is or isn't a god.
So really... the agnostic has it right. The rest of us are just blowing smoke up each other's you know where.
2006-09-23 18:54:47 · answer #7 · answered by Rogue Scrapbooker 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, that's a totally weak and false analogy. An agnostic has the courage to say "I don't know" about big questions that realistically no one can answer. That's being honest. It's skeptical, not cynical.
2006-09-23 19:14:41 · answer #8 · answered by Jim L 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Or is the believer like the irresponsibly overenthusiastic who will vote for whoever promises him the best, without giving them a proof that they can keep the promise?
2006-09-23 18:52:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the agnostic is the independent swing vote who makes up his mind on his way to the poling booth.
2006-09-23 18:54:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Theres the raw data, and then there are those opinions which we form based on the raw data. The opinions constitute our perception of reality, and define how we will behave. Our ability to generalize, helps us create a world-view, and enhances our descision making ability.
2016-03-27 05:59:00 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋