It depends on what God we are talking about. If you are referring to the Christian God, I completely dismiss that as untrue. As an agnostic, the only God I would say is possible is something like a deist version. The key word being possible, as I don't know for sure, and don't really care as any God I can think of would not care one way or the other what a low little human being like me thinks.
The main reason I consider myself agnostic, however, is the fact that I do not accept my reasoning skills and perception of the world as 100% definitive. So I would say that as I cannot perceive any God, I do not see my finite human intelligence as powerful enough to completely understand the issue. It has nothing to do with being afraid to label myself as atheist or holding out for any sort of hope for a God. Honestly, I could care less if a God exists, I just don't trust in my ability to say definitively either way. This leads me to my next point, which is I don't understand why this is an issue among the non-religious. I don't see theists, atheists, agnostics, and deists. I only see theists and non-theists.
So some agnostics might be fence sitting, just unable to pick. Me, I am sitting back, loooking at both sides asking, "who gives a shit?"
The main reason I consider myself agnostic, however, is the fact that I do not accept my reasoning skills and perception of the world as 100% definitive. So I would say that as I cannot perceive any God, I do not see my finite human intelligence as powerful enough to completely understand the issue. It has nothing to do with being afraid to label myself as atheist or holding out for any sort of hope for a God. Honestly, I could care less if a God exists, I just don't trust in my ability to say definitively either way. This leads me to my next point, which is I don't understand why this is an issue among the non-religious. I don't see theists, atheists, agnostics, and deists. I only see theists and non-theists.
So some agnostics might be fence sitting, just unable to pick. Me, I am sitting back, loooking at both sides asking, "who gives a shit?"
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
