I'll add a few of my own reasons for being agnostic (pagan sounds so ..common) if you don't mind;
I'm not forced to defend positions I do not agree with; my "book" doesn't disagree with me.
I am free to learn from others, rather than fight my position to a bitter end.
I can leave an empirical life, knowing that all knowledge I possess has some construction WITHIN the natural laws.
I require no "faith" to be reassured, I can rely on fact alone.
I don't fear death.
Similarly, I don't have to live by any rules but my own; I do not fear retribution in the afterlife, nor reward.
I free to follow my own will, not God's Will.
Most importantly,
I can never use God or Allah or whomever as an excuse, justification, or rationalization for my actions. I am the ONLY one responsible for my actions.
Responsibility means taking credit for your actions; by this logic, I view stronly religious people (one's who would act in God's name) as irresponsible.
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"I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel
Last edited by Jinn; 03-13-2006 at 10:32 AM..
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