Agnostic or apathetic?
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 3:48 am
Despite Moroni's promise, the fact is, either people entertain the question of god's existence (agnostic) or they don't care (apathetic on the question of god's existence). No one knows if god exists. It seems the apathetic seem to accept in a way that the question of god's existence will not be answered in this lifetime, so why spend any time on it?
Agnostics on the other hand seem to think about the question. They wonder about it. Not that having thought about it long does one necessarily think that the answer will come during this life. Most mature agnostics realize that the answer will not come in this life.
Some agnostics are hedging a bet against the possibility, assuming he or she lives 'accordingly'. Others find that the question is compelling even before it will be answered, i.e., it is worth consideration in this lifetime. The mature agnostic gets enough in return to justify his 'expenditure' on the question, whether in the context of a religion or not.
"The Church" does not allow, at least not for long, for any one to question god's existence. It insists that its members profess as "knowledge" the unknowable. Yet it extolls the virtues of 'faith'--belief without sufficient evidence to justify the belief. But like a cat chasing its own tail, keep saying you know but that faith is important. Round and round and round you go.
Apart from self-brainwashing, what is the value of claiming to know that which you acknowledge you don't (faith)? Why does "the Church" not understand and accept, and even encourage, honest expressions of doubt?
Agnostics on the other hand seem to think about the question. They wonder about it. Not that having thought about it long does one necessarily think that the answer will come during this life. Most mature agnostics realize that the answer will not come in this life.
Some agnostics are hedging a bet against the possibility, assuming he or she lives 'accordingly'. Others find that the question is compelling even before it will be answered, i.e., it is worth consideration in this lifetime. The mature agnostic gets enough in return to justify his 'expenditure' on the question, whether in the context of a religion or not.
"The Church" does not allow, at least not for long, for any one to question god's existence. It insists that its members profess as "knowledge" the unknowable. Yet it extolls the virtues of 'faith'--belief without sufficient evidence to justify the belief. But like a cat chasing its own tail, keep saying you know but that faith is important. Round and round and round you go.
Apart from self-brainwashing, what is the value of claiming to know that which you acknowledge you don't (faith)? Why does "the Church" not understand and accept, and even encourage, honest expressions of doubt?