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Shannon said:OK, I consider myself full-on Agnostic. To me, that means: I know there's a higher being than us....I just can't tell you who or what it is.
No Soul said:Not trying to be disrespectful, but thats actually almost the opposite of what an agnostic is.
In religious terms somebody who is agnostic does not believe or disbelieve in the existance of a god or after life, and will only make a claim of said belief or disbelief with solid proof.
MyOwnEffigy said:There's no right book? Of course there's not, because they're all made by man. That's where the fallacy lies.
People often think in terms of the western theologies but neglect to consider eastern philosophies where there sometimes is no real afterlife or there is no God. So, to say that you believe in a higher power? That's make you non-denomonatial Christian. Because typically, and this is just typically now, the belief in a deity is mostly of a western thinking. And the dominant western view is Christianity or Islam. And Islam is very similar to Christian. And let me expand upon my first post by saying, people who are agnostic are like people who get asked "Pepsi or Coke?" and say "Yes." Agnostic's just a fancy name for "Hey, check me out, I can try to be rebellious too."
I only think Agnostic is a misnomer. And if someone wants to be Christian, Pagan, Jewish, Muslim, Hindi, whatever, that's their bag. I think they're just more firm in their beliefs. And its just a matter of respect, I just respect people who stand by their beliefs but don't go, "Well... maybe... errr... ummm.... I dunno..."
Obviously we don't know. But if in your lifetime you can't form an idea or at least a logical conclusion about what religion makes the most sense to you, It just seems like taking the safe bet to me. "Well, I want to viewed like I'm outrageous for decreeing there is no God like an Atheist, but I don't want to go to that extreme. But I don't want to bomb an abortion clinic. I'll just reside in the middle. Ah, safe."