[BBC Magazine] God. Who Knows? - With religion increasingly polarised, is there any benefit in not knowing if there is a higher power? Mark Vernon - an ex-vicar - explains why agnosticism is his creed.
~ I love some of his quotes, and find the comments very interesting (and in one case, missing the point completely).
(...) the inventor of the word "agnostic" sought to highlight. TH Huxley meant his neologism as a rebuke to all who peddle their opinions as facts - notably their opinion, scientific or religious, about God. For whether or not God exists is neither proven nor, he thought, provable. God just isn't that kind of concept.
To function with some semblance of independence, a fairly sane person’s behavior departs from a rather basic assumption of what consistently constitutes existence, life, and awarness. Thus, whether we know it or not we are all metaphysician in deed if not explanation.
From my own root, I have developed into a fairly religious, Mass attending Irish-Catholic of the agnostic school of faith.
To wit: just click: http://islewood.vox.com/library/post/my-faith-in-god.html
Posted by: A VOICE | 2006.12.04 at 16:18