I was brought up into a Catholic Christian family but i'm starting to doubt it a lot myself and I always have, i've never felt the same way about my religion like everyone else has, a lot of Christian people believe that their way is the ONLY way and if you don't believe it you've made the wrong choice. I figure, who am i to say what really happened?
2006-12-02 12:41:04 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This has nothing to do with the whole why me and god abandoning me thing. I just never truly felt that it was for sure. And I think Christians do believe their way is the only way. The people I know will shove it down your throat and tell you that you are damned.
2006-12-02 12:51:35 · update #1
I right there with you. Like you I was born Catholic, yet I always felt different than everyone else in regards to religion. When I did go to church or pray, I always felt like I was faking it. I eventually figured, if God did exist, he would prefer me to be true to how I felt rather than fake what I did not feel. Now I have been looking into agnostic Buddhism. It seems to make sense to me. Good luck and I hope you find the peace you seek.
2006-12-02 13:03:23 · answer #1 · answered by haiku_katie 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ahhh here we go again okay not every Christian person thinks their belief is the perfect one. If I weren't Christian I'd be Hindu. And of course everyone of EVERY religion doubts its religion when the time comes. You feel your God abandons you or your influenced by a outsider or something that changes the habitual cycle of worship that stops you to think. It happens and if you become Agnostic which doesn't believe in anything but will not believe in nothing. Then go ahead. Do what you feel is right.
2006-12-02 12:49:38 · answer #2 · answered by Cindy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
agnostics don't rule out the possibility of a creator, that's a big difference between agnostics and atheists, as atheists dont believe period.
you either believe, not sure, or you don't
I went through exactly the same process as you're going through and only recently have I swayed towards being agnostic but I have not completely abandoned the idea that a creater was behind it all, although not the creator I was brought up to believe in, and get this, I'm a pro evolutionist! I'm still debating in my own mind, where it all came from in the first place
I'm at present studying cosmology, so maybe I'll find more answers along the way huh? or not!
I have been considering this for years even though I was brought up in a religious environment myself
2006-12-02 12:48:58 · answer #3 · answered by town_cl0wn 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
1. Agnosticism (from the Greek a, meaning "without" and gnosis, "knowledge", translating to unknowable) is the philosophical view that the truth value of certain claims — particularly theological claims regarding metaphysics, afterlife or the existence of God, god(s), or deities — is unknown or (possibly) inherently unknowable.
2. Actually, I believe that some other religions go to heaven also, its not how you worship, its who. I am a Christian, and i know that there are more important things than how you worship God, as long as you do. And if you are not sure if you believe in God or not, think of it like this, what do you have to lose?
- Assuming that your are right, and I'm wrong, and God does not exist, I have wasted my life, and you have lived a full happy life.
- Assuming that i am right, and your wrong, I will go to heaven, and you could end up in hell, if that is what God chooses.
So, although you can not be sure, which is more of a risk? Risking a wasted life, or risking eternity in hell.
2006-12-03 06:54:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agnosticism is defined as "is the philosophical view that the truth value of certain claims — particularly theological claims regarding metaphysics, afterlife or the existence of God, god(s), or deities — is unknown or (possibly) inherently unknowable."
So you see, agnosticism is not about belief, it's about knowledge.
I am an agnostic atheist. I have the philosophical view mentioned above that the existence of god cannot be known, but I do not believe.
You can be agnostic and atheist or agnostic and theist. But, at any given time you either believe or you don't.
2006-12-02 12:44:17 · answer #5 · answered by Snark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm agnostic, though my mom wishes I was Methodist. To me being agnostic is just being open to the possibility of there being a god, but not being sure that there is. I don't see any way that I could know for sure that the bible was written by God, Jesus was reincarnated, etc. etc. I guess it is possible, but it sounds a little far fetched to me, so I'll remain agnostic.
I HOPE there is a God, and heaven and all that crap, but I'm not going to freak out if there isn't.
2006-12-02 12:44:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, you are right and anyone who says otherwise is full of it. God has never been proven, although there seem to be many people who believe they have done so. In fact, logic and science and occam's razor come close to doing the opposite.
You may find this very, very interesting as a replacement philosophy in the absence of credible evidence for God:
http://www.secularhumanism.org/
2006-12-02 12:49:16 · answer #7 · answered by Wise1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agnostic means that you don't have a belief. It's the 'show me' state. I don't think much about it because I have an opinion on everything. Ask anyone who knows me!
2006-12-02 12:44:06 · answer #8 · answered by swarr2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree completely. If the Muslim is wrong is the Jewish right? If Catholic is wrong is Baptist right?. I think we all have to find our own path spiritually. I feel guilty for questioning, I feel guilty for wondering, but I think it is natural and part of the process to salvation.
2006-12-02 12:46:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a good way to go when you aren't convinced of anything in particular. Continue to question and search until you resonate with something... or nothing at all. Happy Trails!
2006-12-02 12:44:01 · answer #10 · answered by MyPreshus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋