I've been wanting to tell my family for awhile now that I'm agnostic
I TOTALLY don't want to turn this thread into another religious debate (not that people don't do it every 4 pages) but how exactly does that work? You were totally convinced there was a God and then you decided you didn't know which one was right? Or were you aetheist and you had an epiphany and just can't pick which religion? I am confus
One is raised religious and when they reach a certain age or maturity decide for themselves if they follow the beliefs their parents taught them or decide they don't believe in a deity etc etc but like you said, to not go too far off topic I wont reply again on this on topic relevant to this week's threads
I see. The terminology always confused the crap out of me.... Probably because they all carry connotation to them. He was always agnostic but his parents made him practice religion as a child? The phrase "now that I am" is what threw me.
I've been wanting to tell my family for awhile now that I'm agnostic
I TOTALLY don't want to turn this thread into another religious debate (not that people don't do it every 4 pages) but how exactly does that work? You were totally convinced there was a God and then you decided you didn't know which one was right? Or were you aetheist and you had an epiphany and just can't pick which religion? I am confus
It stems from the belief (ironic) that we can't know whether there's an otherworldy deity or not, so we choose not to take sides. If there's a God, super! If there isn't, oh well. At least, that's my take on it.
Edit: Oh, I see now. You were questioning how he exactly turned agnostic, not that you didn't know how agnosticism worked.
I've been wanting to tell my family for awhile now that I'm agnostic
I TOTALLY don't want to turn this thread into another religious debate (not that people don't do it every 4 pages) but how exactly does that work? You were totally convinced there was a God and then you decided you didn't know which one was right? Or were you aetheist and you had an epiphany and just can't pick which religion? I am confus
It stems from the belief (ironic) that we can't know whether there's an otherworldy deity or not, so we choose not to take sides. If there's a God, super! If there isn't, oh well. At least, that's my take on it. Edit: Oh, I see now. You were questioning how he exactly turned agnostic, not that you didn't know how agnosticism worked.
Right. To me the term agnostic in my head means "someone who is open to the possibility of there being a higher power but is either skeptical or undecided (or doesn't care)". I'm not sure that's a perfect definition but the term is used so loosely that I find it to be the best one I could come up with. To me that's like saying "I used to believe in the moon landing but now I decided I don't know or not." I guess to me it's black and white, either you do or you don't believe and agnostic was reserved for people who either hadn't been exposed to religion in some way yet and didn't pick or people who didn't want to make up their mind yet (or again, people who didn't give a ***).
Not exactly an "LOL" moment, but really is this thread about LOL's or is it about little misc stuff on the internet we find humorous, or interesting. Spread the word, to end the word.
Not exactly an "LOL" moment, but really is this thread about LOL's or is it about little misc stuff on the internet we find humorous, or interesting. Spread the word, to end the word.
While we are at it, I'd like to speak on behalf of my good friend Sandal and point out some of the harmful and hurtful effects that occur when people throw around the term "Enchantment".
Something like this happened where I work, it was Christmas Eve and the last pack of gravy in the store 5 mins before closing time, both the women ended up in hospital taking 3 members of staff with them...
I've been wanting to tell my family for awhile now that I'm agnostic
I TOTALLY don't want to turn this thread into another religious debate (not that people don't do it every 4 pages) but how exactly does that work? You were totally convinced there was a God and then you decided you didn't know which one was right? Or were you aetheist and you had an epiphany and just can't pick which religion? I am confus
I'm sure it's different in each situation. For me, I was raised religious and did not really have an option to not be religious until I moved out. After moving out I examined what I had learned from religion and what I had learned from other sources, like science texts, classes, and even this site. (I was fairly undecided as far as my personal beliefs when I started posting here, 2 or 3 years ago.) I decided that I no longer believed what religion had taught me, yet I was not ready to turn my back on my faith completely. I became agnostic. As time went on, I was more and more comfortable with my back to my faith, so I leaned more towards what I suppose would be atheist, although I didn't go searching up what EXACTLY atheists believe, other than there's no God. Now I don't really want anything to do with any of it. I don't like the raging screaming debates with both sides devolving into calling each other names, I don't like the assumption that if I'm not one, I'm the other. So now I am what I refer to as nonreligious. I don't have a religion, and I don't care to. I'm happy as I am. I have no plans to tell my family about it at this time, because they simply wouldn't understand. There have been people kicked out of my family for such things.
I've been wanting to tell my family for awhile now that I'm agnostic
I TOTALLY don't want to turn this thread into another religious debate (not that people don't do it every 4 pages) but how exactly does that work? You were totally convinced there was a God and then you decided you didn't know which one was right? Or were you aetheist and you had an epiphany and just can't pick which religion? I am confus
One is raised religious and when they reach a certain age or maturity decide for themselves if they follow the beliefs their parents taught them or decide they don't believe in a deity etc etc but like you said, to not go too far off topic I wont reply again on this on topic relevant to this week's threads
I see. The terminology always confused the crap out of me.... Probably because they all carry connotation to them. He was always agnostic but his parents made him practice religion as a child? The phrase "now that I am" is what threw me.
Pretty sure he meant "For awhile now, I've been wanting to tell my family that I'm agnostic." lol
I've been wanting to tell my family for awhile now that I'm agnostic
I TOTALLY don't want to turn this thread into another religious debate (not that people don't do it every 4 pages) but how exactly does that work? You were totally convinced there was a God and then you decided you didn't know which one was right? Or were you aetheist and you had an epiphany and just can't pick which religion? I am confus
One is raised religious and when they reach a certain age or maturity decide for themselves if they follow the beliefs their parents taught them or decide they don't believe in a deity etc etc but like you said, to not go too far off topic I wont reply again on this on topic relevant to this week's threads
I see. The terminology always confused the crap out of me.... Probably because they all carry connotation to them. He was always agnostic but his parents made him practice religion as a child? The phrase "now that I am" is what threw me.
Pretty sure he meant "For awhile now, I've been wanting to tell my family that I'm agnostic." lol
Something like this happened where I work, it was Christmas Eve and the last pack of gravy in the store 5 mins before closing time, both the women ended up in hospital taking 3 members of staff with them...
the funniest thing here is that I think they are fighting over "Glad" disposable tupper-ware containers...
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