I consider myself somewhat an agnostic, somewhat an atheist. I don't believe in the concept of a Higher Power, but I don't see that as an absolute truth.
I embrace 'not knowing' as an answer to many things. For a lot of subject "I don't know" is truly the most honest answer.
But I was wondering, and this question is mainly directed to people who call themselves agnostic I guess, where does agnosticism end?
Are you an agnostic when it comes to unicorns? Or the FSM? To Mithras? Or mainly when the subject is the Biblical God ?
2007-01-07 12:59:52 · 14 answers · asked by ? 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I used to be an agnostic. I am now an atheist.
I believe there is no god, but I am not so arrogant that I can't say that I may be wrong. I could be. I don't think so, but I could be wrong.
I am still an atheist. That is all that an atheist is.
I don't believe in all these specific mythologies like unicorns, messiahs and biblical texts. That I can be %100 sure they are a bunch of crap.
2007-01-07 13:04:44 · answer #1 · answered by A 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I would think you'd call yourself agnostic if you are trying to figure it out, but if you are pretty sure/ have "faith" that there is no god, I'd call it atheist.
You can use the term "agnostic" for other things, as well. The dictionary also defines it as: "2. a person who denies or doubts the possibility of ultimate knowledge in some area of study." But it is usually used in the sense of God. Otherwise, you would need to be clear what you are "agnostic" about.
2007-01-07 21:06:24 · answer #2 · answered by kiko 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am wary of any God and especialy of those who claim to speak for it.
My system of beliefs was for years atheism, gravitated towards agnosticism.. then I said 'Well, why go half way? Jesus and Muhammed made up their own crap, I might as well make up my own.'
Unicorns could be proven to exist, if they did, but there is no evidence of their existance. Agnosticism is the belief that something can neither be proven, nor disproven. So Unicorns do not apply. I am a Unicorn Atheist.
2007-01-07 21:04:56 · answer #3 · answered by socialdeevolution 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a bit agnostic and atheist myself, but I've never really thought about it that way. That's pretty deep. The way I see it, the agnostic and atheist terms pretty much only apply to religion. I'm sure you can be agnostic, atheist, Catholic or Taoist and still believe in unicorns.
2007-01-07 21:04:55 · answer #4 · answered by ♫ Silence 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm agnostic, but I'm skeptical. When it comes to traditional religious beliefs, they are just too detailed to seem like they could realistically be true, so I'm very skeptical. When it comes to there being SOMETHING else out there, I'm open to the possibility, and I hope there is, but I wouldn't claim to know what, or in what form etc. When it comes to unicorns, that seems like a very detailed belief to have as well, so I'm skeptical. I don't know if this makes sense.
2007-01-07 21:05:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You just have to decide for yourself on a one-by-one basis. Everything has a different level of possibility based on the facts on hand. I try to look at the everything in the world the same way and use the same rules to gauge my trust in it's reality.
I would probably be more inclined to believe in God before unicorns, but it would be pretty cool if they did exist.
2007-01-07 21:03:40 · answer #6 · answered by Meridianhawk42 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think Agnosticism is where you are confused about the subject of how we are here, where you're in between thinking the world was created by evolution & science or if it was created by a God. You think there is not enough evidence to prove that God created it but you still are unsure if we are here from evolution.
2007-01-07 21:05:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
well you are an agnostic atheist anyway agnosticism stops when one feels that they know for sure that a higher being exists or doesn't exist anyway i'm agnostic
2007-01-08 20:59:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm only agnostic about god and life on other planets.
2007-01-07 21:03:00 · answer #9 · answered by I hate friggin' crybabies 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the agnostic is not the one who says i dont know but the one who says i dont care...the term is used mainly in a re ligious context...for other topics we are skeptical not agnostic
2007-01-07 21:04:41 · answer #10 · answered by whoknows 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋