Fuck Yeah Agnosticism
A blog about agnosticism in the context of philosophy of religion.
An agnostic is a person who argues that people do not and perhaps cannot have knowledge of whether or not a supreme being exists.
An agnostic can be atheist-leaning, theist-leaning or neither.
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The worst part about being agnostic is how hard your uncertainty slaps you in the face when some one dies. While it seems as though everyone takes comfort in the fact that the deceased person is in a ’better place’, I’m convinced that I will never get to say goodbye. Before I fall asleep at night I wonder … what if there is a God and I’m passing up the chance to make right with every person I’ve done wrong?
r.i.p. Brianne, i’m so sorry.
(even if you can’t see this)
If it helps, it is possible to be agnostic and to believe in souls and an afterlife/reincarnation, and it is possible to be atheist and believe in those things. There is some degree of uncertainty for everyone, but the uncertainty can be for the better: if it happens to be the case that this is the only consciousness you will ever experience, it can motivate you to live a life where you try to do as much good as possible before you have to leave. Your friend did good in the world and made many people happy while she was alive, and quite possibly profoundly affected others in her interactions with them. And that is wonderful to know, even if it is the case that we can’t know anything else.
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