Question, question, question... (moral, creation, atheist, agnostic, faith)

[gnostic]

Does being an agnostic feel like you're sitting on a fence? Or that you're trying juggle and understand your relationship between theism and atheism, like being on a seesaw?

Which one do you find more frustrating? Religion? Or atheism? If religion, which one trouble you the most?

Or do you don't trouble yourself with religion?

[Truls]

I personally lean toward the atheist side. Really religious theologians bother me. Their faith in ridiculous fairy tales like Noah's Ark baffle me and frustrate me. I personally don't see myself moving that way. On the other hand atheists seem to be the opposite extreme. I don't think of Agnosticism as a teeter totter I think of it as the middle ground between two extremes. All things in moderation

[gnostic]

I seemed to lean more to the atheist side as well, but I find religion much more fascinating.

However, I do find religion also frustrating, not because what they believe, but when religious people trying to impose their religion upon us. Trying to push Creationism into science classrooms. Or getting into politics, and imposing their morality upon us, by trying to ban this or that.

Atheism would be frustrating too if they trying to ban religion, like they did in China and the former Soviet Union. I believed everyone are entitled to their belief,
even if I don't agree or like them.

Moderation should rule.

[KingNothing]

Are you trying to call us flip-floppers. lol.

I believe all theists are wrong. I do not know if atheists are right or not. Ithink that summarizes many agnostics position pretty well.

I understand the theists' need to believe. I wish atheists would try to understand that need instead of shouting at the theist.

I get the feeling many think of agnosticism as a weak position. A cop-out if you will. In my opinion any other position is just ridiculous. No one is qualified to give an accurate and complete explanation of God or the Universe.

[KingNothing]

Gnostic, I just noticed your religion is listed as gnostic agnostic. What do you mean by that?

[gnostic]

Gnostic, I just noticed your religion is listed as gnostic agnostic. What do you mean by that?

Originally, before I came to RF, I was in islam.com's forums. I wanted to use agnostic, which is what I am, but someone was already using that name. So I decided to call myself gnostic.

When I came here (RF), I decided to continue to use the name gnostic, but I had originally listed my religion to be humanist agnostic, but I had recently changed it to gnostic agnostic.

I am a flip-flopper. I like being an enigma; a paradox. It appeared to my sense of humour.

You know how the theists joke that agnostics know nothing. And in reality gnosticism, particularly gnosis, is about knowledge and wisdom, which is exact opposite to agnosticism. Well, I see a lot of wisdom in agnostic's stance that existence of divine is "unknowable". The "gnostic agnostic" is sort of like saying - "wise agnostic".

[AshleyLove.]

Ehh, yeah. I pretty much sit on an invisible religious fence. Pulling myself back and forth from ideas of Christianity and Agnosticism.

[lamplighter]

I don't really view it as siting on a fence of any sort, it's just there's no evidence to go either way really. There is a lack of evidence for the existence of god, but on the other hand there's a lack of evidence proving there is no god as well. But it seems as if someone is always trying to make me make up mind in hurry, though I don't see the rush, I'll find out for myself when I die, but I'd say the Theists in general are always the one's giving me the most problems, I have yet to have a Jehovah's Witness or a Mormon knock on my door on Sunday morning after working all of Saturday night, give me a compelling reason to believe in god, what's worse and makes me slam the door in their face is when I know more about their religion than they do. Though I find the occasional Atheist who thinks the "compelling" lack of evidence for the existence of a deity, is why everyone should be atheist, rather annoying as well, they might not have any reason to believe in a god of any sorts, but that doesn't mean others don't.

"The lack of evidence, isn't the evidence of absence" - Gin Rummy, The Boondocks

[Phasmid]

It used to bother me a lot since I considered atheism or Christianity as the only choices for me. I struggled to believe a lot of what is written in the Bible and yet at the same time I had a spiritual side that needed satisfying. It was a constant state of questioning and getting my hopes up only to be disappointed. Finally, I gave up caring, now I merely try to live by a philosophy and try to be happy and to make others happy... no more wasting my time wondering if there is a God or not.

The way I see it, if we have to ask, "Does God exist?" then He either doesn't, or He's not too fussed whether we believe in Him or not.

[lamplighter]

Good point, so do you subscribe to any particular branch of Buddhism like Theravada?