religion influenced you at all? I'll start with my example first.
I started the first part of my life in a Christian community. Obviously, when we are that young, we don't have a choice and are fed anything that our schools teach. When I was about 10 years old, I started questioning it and wondering why the adults who taught it did not live by it like they were telling us to. By the time I was 13, I had completely abandoned it and started reading about other beliefs and religions. So some might call me ecclectic in my religious education because there are some things that I did believe about some religions and others not. It became selective and was therefore a grey area. That makes me agnostic because I am not certain in any religious category.
I also studied evolution in science lessons at school which I was more interested in because of the evidence that I witnessed in various museums, photographs, television programmes etc
Okay with that example out of the way, I am interested to know any other agnostics on here who find a preference toward Christianity or Atheism because of the many answers in debates?
Personally, I lean more toward atheism because of the logic and simply cannot live by the examples that Christians have shown. I found that some (not all) are very oppressive with their beliefs in the sense that it is "my way or the highway" when they really cannot prove it. (No offence, but a man written book is not proof to me.) Others are rather offensive by calling people evil or hellbound just because they do not share the same opinion. I don't think that will win any Brownie points if conversion is what they are trying to achieve. This is just my opinion.
What are the other agnostics views regarding this?
Please, Christians? This is not here for you to preach and argue your "case".
Sorry, JW's. I've heard your sales pitch before too. I simply cannot agree with letting somebody die when I could save their life by giving them my blood.
Kajex - what is the point of insulting when you don't know what you are either? That was a pretty stupid answer and didn't even address the issue personally.
I started the first part of my life in a Christian community. Obviously, when we are that young, we don't have a choice and are fed anything that our schools teach. When I was about 10 years old, I started questioning it and wondering why the adults who taught it did not live by it like they were telling us to. By the time I was 13, I had completely abandoned it and started reading about other beliefs and religions. So some might call me ecclectic in my religious education because there are some things that I did believe about some religions and others not. It became selective and was therefore a grey area. That makes me agnostic because I am not certain in any religious category.
I also studied evolution in science lessons at school which I was more interested in because of the evidence that I witnessed in various museums, photographs, television programmes etc
Okay with that example out of the way, I am interested to know any other agnostics on here who find a preference toward Christianity or Atheism because of the many answers in debates?
Personally, I lean more toward atheism because of the logic and simply cannot live by the examples that Christians have shown. I found that some (not all) are very oppressive with their beliefs in the sense that it is "my way or the highway" when they really cannot prove it. (No offence, but a man written book is not proof to me.) Others are rather offensive by calling people evil or hellbound just because they do not share the same opinion. I don't think that will win any Brownie points if conversion is what they are trying to achieve. This is just my opinion.
What are the other agnostics views regarding this?
Please, Christians? This is not here for you to preach and argue your "case".
Sorry, JW's. I've heard your sales pitch before too. I simply cannot agree with letting somebody die when I could save their life by giving them my blood.
Kajex - what is the point of insulting when you don't know what you are either? That was a pretty stupid answer and didn't even address the issue personally.