Are agnostics the transsexuals of the religion debate?

Answer 1

I thought the Jews for Jesus were the Transsexuals

Answer 2

No. If you mean an analogy to standing on the fence then agnosts are metaphorical androgynes (i.e. genderless).

The analogy for transsexual equivalents in the religion debate does not exist since it would mean someone raised as one faith (or lack thereof) believing themselves to be of another faith (or not as the case may be) despite all physical evidence to the contrary. Clearly this is a silly analogy since religion is conceptual and not physically evident in the way that gender or sex are.

However, if you mean are they the social pariahs of the debate; that depends on your stance on the matter I guess. I would still argue no, since agnosts themselves differ to atheists but would still, albeit for different reasons, be counted as non-believers.

The analogy I'm afraid is about as useful as comparing apples to sparkplugs (i.e. they are such different concepts one cannot be measured in units comparable to the other).

Answer 3

You assume that there is a sharp atheist / theist divide. In fact, there is a spectrum of belief with strong and weak atheism, overlapping agnosticism, overlapping weak deistic ideals. The question is unfounded.

Answer 4

I would have said bi-sexuals myself, but pretty much...actually hang on, which religious debate?

Edit: Spartacus above - I don't think you can pluralise the word "unique" - that's what you were going for, wasn't it?

Answer 5

More like the unichs

Answer 6

your analogies make me laugh i would guess so