I'm at the atheist end of the agnostic spectrum.
But whether I become a believer or remain an agnostic, my belief or disbelief must derive its source from within, not from without. I, myself, must create its symbols. The transcendental is that which produces its own form. I will never discover its secret if I do not find it in my own heart; if I do not possess it already I shall never be able to acquire it.
There's no bigger atheist than me. Well, I take that back. I'm a cancer screening away from going agnostic and a biopsy away from full-fledged Christian.
Pastor: One employed by the wicked to prove to them by his example that virtue doesn't pay.
You would consider me an atheist or agnostic. I find religion and spirituality fascinating. I would like to believe this isn’t the end and there’s something more, but I can’t convince the rational part of me that that makes any sense whatsoever.
The most satisfying and ecstatic faith is almost purely agnostic. It trusts absolutely without professing to know at all.
I am simply an agnostic. I haven't yet had time or opportunity to explore the universe, and I don't know what I might run on to in some nook or corner.
To believe is to know you believe, and to know you believe is not to believe.
The person who follows the pursuit of reason unflinchingly toward its end will be atheistic or, at best, agnostic.
You could just as well say that an agnostic is a deeply religious person with at least a rudimentary knowledge of human fallibility.
I was an Agnostic. Agnostics didn't have much to argue about.
I'm a linear thinking agnostic, but not an atheist folks.
The stars associated with the solar system, such as the planets and asteroids (and it should be remembered that the term star in Biblical usage applies to any heavenly body other than the sun and moon) would be particularly likely to be involved, in the view of the heavy concentration of angels, both bad and evil, around the planet Earth.
Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it.
Religion is against women's rights and women's freedom. In all societies women are oppressed by all religions.
As the books got more and more Zionist and less and less socialist, my entire generation, at least a large percentage of it, simply left Judaism. We became Buddhist and Hindu and atheist or agnostic, all of which (except Christian) were more in keeping with peaceful self-transformative ideas that did not bow down to militarism.
Fascism is a religious concept.
The conversion of agnostic High Tories to the Anglican church is always rather suspect. It seems too pat and predictable, too clearly a matter of politics rather than faith.
In any situation that calls for you to persuade, convince or manage someone or a group of people to do something, the ability to tell a purposeful story will be your secret sauce.
As set forth by theologians, the idea of 'God' is an argument that assumes its own conclusions, and proves nothing.
One who belongs to the most vilified and persecuted minority in history is not likely to be insensible to the freedoms guaranteed by our Constitution... But as judges we are neither Jew nor Gentile, neither Catholic nor agnostic.
I viewed my fellow man not as a fallen angel, but as a risen ape.
[as for evolution]....cutting out the sections [on the subject] is preferrable if the portions are not thick enough to cause damage to the spine of the book as it is opened and closed in normal use. When the sections needing correction are too thick, paste the pages together being careful not to smear portions of the book not intended for correction.
I was never encouraged to believe anything. I was brought up in a profoundly agnostic or pantheistic community.
Whether you think Jesus was God or not, you must admit he was a first-rate political economist.
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