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Just curious. :)

2007-03-12 06:59:03 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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Truth be told, they are the most honest group of all. They are willing to say, "I don't know either way... we can't know for sure if God is real or if he's not real, so I'll just hang back and keep searching."

Man is so self-centered to say they know, for sure, that god isn't or is real.

Me, I'm an atheist. In my mind, there is no god. I have no proof, I just feel I know that for me, there is no god.

2007-03-12 07:03:48 · answer #1 · answered by Rogue Scrapbooker 6 · 3 0

It is interesting how atheists and theists both seem to attack the agnostic as being indecisive, as if there is a final stance to be taken on a lifetime journey of discovery, as if one must plant one's feet in the clay and proclaim "THIS is what I believe, and you can't change it!" The day I stop being capable of learning new things and potentially changing my worldview, both in the seen and unseen realms, is the day I declare myself senile.

It seems everyone wants to hang an extreme label on the agnostics, just because they refuse to be tied to "set in stone" beliefs or philosophical positions. Atheists put the vaudeville hook out for the agnostics in a variation on the "you're really one of us" recruiting technique, while Christians or other theists appeal to the open-minded nature of an agnostic to try to pour in a particular dogma. My "religion" is open-minded inquiry. I have ideas about things, but I don't declare them to be absolutely right at the expense of others' ideas. The world isn't black and white, and there are many truths, not just one. I see this as a human syndrome, the need to find ONE grand idea to tie up ALL the questions there are or ever could be. I don't subscribe to that.

P.S. I do not mean my accusatory remarks concerning recruiters to apply to all representatives of any particular camp. It only applies to the ones who actively try to hang labels on agnostics or change them against their will.

Oh yeah, I forgot to include the camp that proclaims agnostics don't exist! This is a variation on the "you're really one of us" argument from one or another camp that tries to tell us our thoughts are not what we understand them to be. IMO, agnostics are often treated like children.

2007-03-12 07:22:07 · answer #2 · answered by Black Dog 6 · 1 0

My thoughts are that agnosticism on its own is not a position on the spectrum of belief.

Agnosticism is a philosophy about knowledge. Atheism and theism are about belief.

You can have the philosophy of agnosticism and be either theist or atheist. I myself am an agnostic atheist.

You ask yourself the question, "Do I believe?" - NOT, "Do I know?"

If the answer is no, you're an atheist. If you admit you don't know or can't know for sure, then you're an agnostic atheist.

If the answer is yes, then you're some sort of theist/deist/fill in the blank.

2007-03-12 07:04:33 · answer #3 · answered by Snark 7 · 3 1

On existential matters, agnostics have elected to reserve judgment rather than make an assumption based on incomplete evidence. I think that is the most logical way to go. But the relatively small number of agnostics attests to the fact that most people don't go the logical way. Most people want answers, even if they are incorrect.

2007-03-12 07:05:06 · answer #4 · answered by Subconsciousless 7 · 2 1

Get off the fence. You're already aware where the weight of evidence lies if you're an agnostic. No-one can be 50:50.

I think agnosticism arises from thinking that atheists believe they KNOW in the same way that theists KNOW. We don't. But we judge the same evidence as you do and conclude that there is almost certainly no god. That makes us de facto atheists. Probably most agnostics too.

2007-03-12 07:03:53 · answer #5 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 5 2

I'm was a little on the agnostic side.
I think its normal and actually shows intellegence- agnostics really investigate religions and beliefs.

2007-03-12 07:23:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

I have a lot of Agnostic friends, I like them. They admit that as they do not know if there is God they do not deny the existence of God.

2007-03-12 07:05:37 · answer #7 · answered by SeeTheLight 7 · 1 0

They are like everyone else. I see nothing wrong with their religious stance. The way our lives work is that we must choose whatever is right for us. If there are some who do not believe in a higher being - but do not disbelieve either - then that is what is right for them. As a Christian, I cannot change them ( and I would not want to) because I believe that everyone is the way they are for a reason.

2007-03-12 07:02:59 · answer #8 · answered by Je veux changer le monde 4 · 3 0

I think it's fine for some people, but I have issues; I like everything in my life to be neat and tidy, and that includes my mind. Anal much? Why yes, why do you ask?

I usually fail, but whenever possible, I like to form opinions and declare "I think _____" so that I can then move on to something else.

I never shut 'er down completely; I'm always open to changing my mind. Hell, I have no choice in that regard; I'm a Libra.

But there you have it.

And out here, I/we certainly consider them to be on the "right" side!

2007-03-12 07:04:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

I was once agnostic myself. I have no reason to dislike them. If someone doesn't have beliefs one way or the other...so be it.

2007-03-12 07:14:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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