I for some reason always had the impression that if you state you are agnostic it means you don't know and you don't care to know. However, it seems that being agnostic doesn't necessarily mean you don't care to know, after all. Your thoughts?
2007-09-28 04:55:19 · 19 answers · asked by Linz ♥ VT 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i've always gotten a similar impression from people who belong to the most popular religion of their country...just sheep parroting what others say doing no research...
2007-09-28 04:58:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have to say that I fit in this category more so than any other one--the beliefs I do have, I'm not 100% sure on. But I actively seek to find answers, even though I accept that I probably never will, definitively.
It might be more accurate to say that most agnostics don't believe it is possible to know.
2007-09-28 12:01:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think some (but not all agnostics) fall under that category.
When I classified myself as an agnostic, it wasn't because I didn't care to know. It was because I believe that, using all available evidence, the question of whether God exists was not solvable.
2007-09-28 12:08:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Being agnostic for me is:
A belief in a universal collective consciousness in which we all participate.
A belief that at some deep level all matter and energy share in that consciousness.
That the universe manifests us to evolve.
Thats a very brief summary, and a whole lot of reasons and unreasons go into forming those beliefs, which dont fit into any conventional doctrine, and do not fit any typical definition of God that I have found.
So for me, no, it isn't laziness - it is constant searching.
2007-09-28 12:03:09 · answer #4 · answered by Twilight 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My mom considers herself agnostic, and its not that she doesn't care to know more, its just that she doesn't think that its possible to know anything specific about God, including whether or not he exists.
She's a very spiritual person, and is constantly in a state of searching, but she accepts that all her questions will never be answered.
2007-09-28 12:15:12 · answer #5 · answered by ◦Delylah◦ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A lot of people think agnosticism is apathy, but it isn't. Agnostics just leave the door open for whatever possibilities may present themselves.
2007-09-28 12:09:01 · answer #6 · answered by Cap'n Zeemboo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm an agnostic, and I find myself driven to learn. I read copiously on subjects as diverse as cultural history, linguistics, theology, neurobiology and comparative religion.
The greatest pleasure in my life is learning.
2007-09-28 12:02:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I was one until recently and my stance was I don't know and even though I do care to know, there's no way I can know.
Then I saw the proofs that God doesn't exist and now I'm a hard atheist with respect to bible-god.
2007-09-28 12:00:22 · answer #8 · answered by Meat Bot 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It just means that you consider the answers unknowable. It doesn't mean you don't care what the answer is--just at present you have no way of discovering what is correct.
2007-09-28 12:20:36 · answer #9 · answered by Todd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means only that you acknowledge that the (non)existence and attributes of deities are unknowable.
Some are atheists (like me), some are theists, and some are hard-core neutral.
2007-09-28 11:59:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋