RE: Why I’m an Atheist... But also Searching for Answers: Introduction to my Blog
Agnostic is a useless word. Everyone is agnostic, whether they believe or not. Agnostic, means lacking knowledge. Nobody knows God. If they did, conclusive proof would be put forth.
People can be deist, as in maybe there is an entity larger than ourselves, which I concede might be possible, or theist, those that believe a certain entity governs them and follows a certain faith. I can understand the deist position, as it acknowledges the position of the person not knowing all about the universe. But I cannot understand a theist position at all. Believing in some ancient manuscript when most of its arguments have been debunked, them being either incomplete, or outright contradictory to reality, well, that's just silly.
In a way, a theist is the staunchest atheist of all, completely denying without a doubt the inexistence of all gods either than their own. Well, atheist just go one god further. And unless, they're the militant angry atheist, they're position is always "I don't have all the information, but the information that I do have invalidates the existence of god".
Meaning in my opinion is not given by a god, but by ourselves. What we accomplish during our lifetime and what we represent to those around us, that is our meaning. Whether good or bad, enlightening or regressive, that only time will tell, when posterity will pass judgement on our actions. But that posterity is not omnipotent, but more potent than ourselves, most likely.