Am I an Agnostic?

[The Grand Nudger]

Perhaps that's true. Frodo may not be willfully ignorant...he may know exactly how ridiculous his arguments are...and he's just fucking with me. It's a possibility. Thing is, I ask honest , though admittedly aggressive questions about peoples beliefs, I truly want to understand. All i get in return are platitudes, factually meaningless definitions of god, and ignorance. That people derive great meaning from their religious beliefs is not something that I take lightly. Here are people who claim to have profound insights into purpose, the human condition, and happiness. Yet when pressed, they offer nothing.

Like any masochist...I ask the next person who comes along and start the cycle all over again.

All joking aside, is it difficult to understand why this frustrates me Sae? I've spent the better part of two decades immersing myself in religious belief. It's not through lack of looking, or lack of understanding that I haven't found god. I am unable to have these sorts of conversations in my day to day life, and so I end up here. I would appreciate it if believers would consider for a moment that I may not be ignorant of the subject or it's history. I would appreciate it if believers would offer a single scrap, one iota, of intellectual honesty. It's been my experience thus far in life and on these boards, that these people are in the business of peddling gibberish, and not so much the business of having an actual discussion. If they simply believe, and have never taken the time to consider their beliefs, that's okay with me. All opinions are equal in value. All information is not. Yet never, never do I hear "I honestly hadn't considered it, I just don't know". Instead, affirmation upon affirmation, fallacy upon fallacy. It arouses an immense amount of disappointment in me, and I become exceedingly hostile with them over time. This isn't what I want. I don't assume that this is their aim either...trolls aside.