For agnostics?

Question

OK so there are always question to christians, muslims and other religions saying "what do you believe and why do you believe it?" and there are to athiests saying "what do you believe and why do you believe it?".

I find these questions to be quite helpful in understanding different peoples beliefs so i want to know about agnosticism.

So people who are agnostic what do you believe and why do you believe it?

Answer 1

I believe in evidences, without them I would be gullible enough to worship ALL gods by now...here's a good quote to your question:

"Don't you believe in flying saucers', they ask me? 'Don't you believe in telepathy? — in ancient astronauts? — in the Bermuda triangle? — in life after death?'

No, I reply. No, no, no, no, and again no.
One person recently, goaded into desperation by the litany of unrelieved negation, burst out 'Don't you believe in anything?'

'Yes', I said. 'I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement, and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers. I'll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it. The wilder and more ridiculous something is, however, the firmer and more solid the evidence will have to be.'"

-Isaac Asimov

Answer 2

I'm an agnostic to the extent that I can not come to the point of belief in God without an actual and undeniable experience of the divine in some physical and real way

But not to the extent that I give equal weight to scientific arguments of God's non-existence as to metaphysical ones. There is perhaps as much uncertainty and disagreement to the origins of matter and time (not the Big Bang, but the origin of the elements that preceded it) within the scientific community as there is among the religious community. All things being equal I'm much more comfortable with the a world in which there exists an entity beyond matter and time than one without it.

Answer 3

Well, agnostic, when broken down, means simply "Without Knowledge." So for me to call myself agnostic, I simply believe that I don't know enough to be a part of any particular religion.

Personally, I believe that there is at least one higher power in existence, possibly many. I've seen things happen that defy physical explanation. Personally I take that as evidence of something more than natural, something supernatural. I believe it could happen, so I'm trying to learn why/how.

Why do I call myself agnostic? I was raised in the United Methodist Church, but, as I grew older, I began to ask more and more questions that the people around me couldn't answer to my satisfaction (The answer "You've got to have faith" was never satisfying to me). I began to see a lot of the people I knew as false Christians, as hypocrites. Finally, not wanting to be a hypocrite myself, and believing that unless I truly felt I believed I would be a hypocrite, I renounced Christianity. Since then I've been searching for knowledge and understanding. And so I call myself agnostic.

Answer 4

I believe that the probability of a personal god that takes interest in the individuals on this planet is vanishingly small. The omniscient, omnipotent, loving God cannot exist based on the degree of malevolence in the world. Attributing it to a dualistic entity denies omnipotence.

I believe that the probability of the universe existing without a guiding entity is slightly higher than the probability of it existing with one. (Occam's razor)

I believe that if you could fix the probabilities you would have sufficient information to determine the answer.

Answer 5

because there has to be 'something' but i don't believe the old 'god is a masterful being who is always watching and looking after us bit'.
It doesn't explain why I live the comfortable life that I do, though i moan and groan, while others have a life of 'hell on earth'. no amount of heaven could make up for what some people go through in life IMHO

Answer 6

No way can I speak for an entire group, but I don't so much believe in anything as I'm open to learn. I'd like to have faith in something - but most of what I've learned so far just doesn't inspire any in me. And most people who want to convert me, only inspire a strong desire to run away from them as fast as possible.

Answer 7

Belief itself is an acknowledgment of not-knowing. Every belief must be intertwined with fear for "What if what I believed is not true?" Intuition and Realization are more about knowing.

Answer 8

I don't know what I believe, because I haven't found something solid.

I've prayed when I was younger, but my logic that I have gotten from age has told me that there is no such thing as God.

I respect all religions and believe in karma, but I don't know which path is mine.

Answer 9

i believe the good book was written by well meaning people to keep things in line and give hope and advice.
there were some real events. some were myths and legends.

whats real? i have my ideas, but they are mine.

Answer 10

I don't know whether a higher power exists or not. There is no proof pointing either way, so it only makes sense to me, to admit I really don't have that knowledge.