For a quick history about myself would say that I grew up in a lower class home with my mother, sister, and myself. This upbringing has instilled beliefs and priorities in my life that have set me onto the path that has me writing this now. Since I was young I knew that my hard work, loyalty, and dedication are the only things that would get me anywhere. I have drawn conclusions about life and love to debate with anyone with opposite views.
Knowledge is power and I invite all knowledge, no matter the relevance or randomness.
With this being said, I declare myself as an atheist agnostic. I love talking religion (please note the word "talk.") and hearing other views on life and afterlife. Hearing people try to describe what déjà vu in their mind is and translate it to words is usually an interesting conversation piece for instance.
Another topic that is dear to my heart is talking hip-hop. Conversations tend to heat up over the definite line between hip-hop and rap.
Just to throw some of the other things I love to talk about are emerging technologies (videography/graphic design/typography/special effects/mobile technology/websites), beer (local and the other good stuff, unlike budlight), bourbon, movies, longboarding, cars, basically all around guy stuff.
Things I am interested in are xkcd, cyandide and happiness, freddieW, hyperbole and a half, to name of few online things.
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Cats are terrible beings.
ReplyDeleteI'm interested by the idea of an atheist agnostic --which, according to the link you provided, is "someone who does not believe in gods and also thinks that the existence of gods cannot be known." Can you elaborate on this idea? How did you know this particular position on faith and knowledge was right for you?
Yes, cats are manipulative and vile creatures.
ReplyDeleteI came to be an "atheist agnostic" without knowing the name for it. It was one of the things within the past 2 years that self-improvement and self-evaluation became important and essential to well-being. I grew up as a Christian and had Christian morals instilled within me. Over time questions arose that came back with hazy and sometimes hypocritical answers (granted, I asked a lot of questions and majority came back clean and concise).
I remember the first time I questioned my faith was when someone told me that dinosaurs fossils were put underground to test our faith. With my curiosity on the side of the fossilized beings, with help of the hope that one day we will clone a triceratops that I will promptly ride to work, I called this statement of testing my faith false.
My family has always told me to question everything. I have ever since and continue to do so.
The only sure thing that we can say about religion, from a scientific point of view, is that it cannot be known. Faith cannot be measured. So how does one choose the correct religion? Ancient Egyptians share just the same chance at being correct as today's Christians.
I choose to believe that there is no God.
The only thing that should matter is being a good person to help this world be a better place for ourselves and our children. I do not live my life for the sake of having a good afterlife, more so, so that my children can have a good life. If it turns out that I am incorrect, I hope that whichever deity is the true deity, will look upon my life with nothing except happiness for my good deeds towards men and women and the happiness that I strive to spread.
If the deity that is true looks upon my life with disappointment, I will except whichever consequence with pride knowing that, at the very least, my children and those lives that I have affected live a better life in this world.
Later I had looked up the exact wording for which I believe. Atheist Agnostic was what came closest to how I describe myself. Before I looked it up, I just described myself as a Christian-based agnostic. Research helped gather my thoughts and helped to better understand myself.