tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6450854270080513022.post7319865527495275008..comments2023-05-05T02:20:39.892-07:00Comments on Cryptic Language and Vague References: Agnostic Is Kind Of Like Atheist, Right?Original Mohomiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05220176833570828412noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6450854270080513022.post-83503705701573560452010-03-03T10:57:54.038-08:002010-03-03T10:57:54.038-08:00D-Train -- I was never athiest, but I was an avowe...D-Train -- I was never athiest, but I was an avowed agnostic, with which I was very comfortable and had NO desire to be shackled by any organized religion. Now, like Bravone, I believe in the basic principles of the gospel as taught by Christ, but don't fully understand some of the church doctrine, and it's fine with me to say "I don't understand" or there are things "I don't know". Now as an active and committed church member I have no fear of what I don't know, I love science, I love the gospel, I'm fine with unanswered questions, and I am quite able to think for myself.blj1224https://www.blogger.com/profile/15696404108842065078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6450854270080513022.post-73889087388353883262010-03-03T08:43:13.259-08:002010-03-03T08:43:13.259-08:00I may get blasted in one of your future posts, but...I may get blasted in one of your future posts, but having been atheist for a few years, I have no problem admitting that I don't know the answers to everything or even many things. I believe in the basic principles of the gospel as taught by Christ. Doctrine is another story. Some I understand and believe and some I have to say, "I don't know." I keep studying and searching, but not longer am troubled to 'not know.'Bravonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02762204502534599107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6450854270080513022.post-18318782438161178902010-03-02T23:57:26.199-08:002010-03-02T23:57:26.199-08:00The words "I don't know" scare the h...The words "I don't know" scare the hell out of religious people. I am not a social scientist but from my experiences, religion seems to stem from two things: (1) a fear that when we die there is nothing more, and an overall hope that there is something more; and (2) a desire to answer the "I don't knows" of life.<br /><br />I'm like you, I don't know a lot of these answers, but I no longer feel that my beliefs and/or existence are threatened by the unknown. Many religious types are afraid of science disproving what they have always wanted to believe, or are quick to integrate what science proves into their beliefs claiming that they believed that all along.<br /><br />Many people ask me where I think the world came from, inferring that they Big Bang theory seems pretty far-fetched. I am inclined to agree with them that it is hard to grasp, but that more importantly, I don't know how the world came into existence. But I no longer believe in the mysticism of an all-powerful being creating the world because the other explanations seem unreal or difficult to understand. <br /><br />For thousands of years, we as humans have not known where the world came from, and instead superstitious ideas have shaped human beliefs. For me, I am no longer afraid to sy that I don't know, but I refuse to fall back on the popular ideas of our time just because it is easy to do.D-Trainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17473393837732916277noreply@blogger.com