RE: To Agnostics, question for you
March 15, 2014 at 10:08 pm
(This post was last modified: March 15, 2014 at 10:12 pm by *Deidre*.)
(March 15, 2014 at 9:46 pm)petrichorpeace Wrote: I'm not sure why a lot of agnostics get a bad wrap. I used to be an agnostic and see no reason to describe them as "wishy washy" or invalid. Unfortunately, (this may have to do with the fact that most people I have met are Southern) agnostics are frequently seen this way. In fact, most religious folks I have talked to disrespect agnostics even more than atheists.
Why insult the honest admission of not knowing the answer to the biggest question in existence?
And all atheists are somewhat agnostics, really, because we would admit defeat with actual evidence of a deity.
When it comes down to it, for me, it's very simple:
If Christianity IS true, I will gladly pass on serving that god and being sent straight to hell.
No one "knows" one way or the other, but faith/religion has everything to do with belief (a leap of faith literally) than it ever has to do with "knowledge." So, agnosticism as I've come to learn is really more of a natural "state" of mind while atheism requires a choice to believe or not. Religious people choose to believe despite no evidence. (either way)
That's how I'm understanding it. :-)