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AGNOSTICISM  

Despite corruption, which is prevalent in almost every religious sect, usually all religious views on ethics and morality are good natured. But there is one area that I realized has been slowly shifting from apathy to annoyance, and that is the field of agnosticism.

What constitutes a belief system and is agnosticism a belief system?

Both Atheism and Christianity have their personal and social downfalls. This essay will elucidate these and provide a concise explanation for why agnosticism is a more responsible position to hold.

Many people say that Agnostics are taking the easy way out. This couldn't be further from the truth.

Atheism and agnosticism are creeds in and of themselves. Any faith or lack of faith without questioning, however, is blind and I do not respect blind faith. So I have begun a process of introspection to question the validity of my beliefs.

Examining agnosticism as a means of improving relations with people and getting more out of life.

This article gives a glimpse of the harassment the Christians facing all over. It also gives a warning to the persecutors that Christianity and its growth will increase because of persecution. It is also a call to the Christians to pray for the persecuted Christians.

Can God both exist and not exist at the same time? I think so.

An overview of the Atheism Belief System.

What is the difference between being agnostic and atheist.

To my fellows who do accept the reality of UFOs occupied by aliens, you also have to have a healthy dose of skepticism when evaluating reports by those who have had an experience with a UFO or an alien.

Creating an impenetrable schism between the foundations of science and religion, Darwin's influential thoughts have been received with mixed emotions.

Inside you'll read an interview I personally conducted with one of my college professors.

My life, as anyone else's, has been filled with its own ups and downs. How I discovered Christian Gnosticism is amazing in the sense that I had to experience life's turbulent times while I was older as I lost things I held near and dear while I was younger.

Why do so many Christians feel the need to convert Atheists? Is it because they confuse Atheism with Satanism? Are they trying to save us from a hell we don't believe in with one ounce of our being?

In the exoteric world, we listen to powerful people who tell us what is right and what is wrong. However, in the esoteric world, we listen to ourselves. Read the Christian Gnostic Manifesto to further understand what it truly means to be a Christian.

A discussion and analysis of the philosophical antecedents used in the science of Descartes and Galileo.

Hitchens book, God is not Great, is brilliant and almost impossible to argue against, but he appears not to understand the function of religion and god in the lives of us mammals, as he calls us.

I believe that there is a force out there but I don't believe in a conscious God, one who has a list of things that I shouldn't do and who cares who I sleep with, what I eat , who I'm friends with, and where I go on Sundays.

Some college coaches have decided to invite their players into religious deviants in hopes of unitizing and boosting the morale of the team. Of true importance are the players and how too much control has left them on the sidelines.

Hell was created when early man tried to understand why volcanos killed his family. Centuries later, organized religion thrives on the beliefs created from early man with a mind set of that of a modern day 5 year old.

Considering how to promote the Gospel in the 21st century by considering the audience and Biblical methodologies.

What can be said about equity and respect, except possibly clearing up some things from a perspective that I share? Whether others desire to admit it or not, I do so while acknowledging everyone who voices their opinion.

An agnostic reflects on his temporary immersion into the world of organized religion.

Before I even begin I want to clear some things up. First off, let's examine the word atheist. According to the Merriam-Webster on line dictionary the entry for the word atheist is; "one who believes that there is no deity".

I attack the pitfall of "implied permission" in today's modern semi-Christian world. Be careful, some Universalism might rub off on you.

Don't take the easy way in life, it will lead to destruction.

A Review and Commentary of the Book by Francis S. Collins

The prevailing opinion is that the United States is dominated by people of faith, and that it won't ever change. Evidence suggests that not only is this wrong, but it is in fact changing right now.

One cannot profess faith in God and in the Bible without a divine indwelling of the Spirit of God.

Prince of Darkness, King of the Fallen Angels, Great Corrupter, The Father of All Lies, and many other clever descriptive titles have been bestowed on our guest today, the ubiquitous and mysterious former celestial second in command himself, The Devil.

An interview with Reginald V. Finley Sr.

Some people, for various reasons, believe atheism is wrong. In this article I will examine those reasons and state why they are false.

This is an interview with an agnostic writer that I held to better understand agnostic views.

An inspection on how two prominent nineteenth-century American authors combined travel-narratives with romantic fiction in order to posit the reader in a similar place as the narrator(s) himself.

There is not room for two sources of ultimate truth in the Universe. One is ultimate, the other is irrelevant.

This article serves as a response to one published in the East Bay Express titled "A Church for the Nonbelievers," by Jonathan Kaminsky. It explains how atheists and agnostics who attend church are defying the very standards they claim to follow.

Book Review

People who read the Bible literally are demeaning God.

Advance review of the new TLC series "The Monastery".

Hinduism, for the average Westerner in the street, is a pretty strange religion. Here the author attempts to explain, in simple terms, what it is he believes and why.

I endeavor to narrow down all of my favorite Modest Mouse songs into a neat little package of ten. This list is by no means exhaustive, as the band is prolific.

Are coffee shops a good location for buildling religion?

For years, Bible critics have charged that the book regarded by Christians as "holy" endorses or approves of one of the most wretched and vile practices in human history: slavery. Does the charge have merit?

I don't really want to squash Scientology like a little bug; I want to blow it up like the Death Star in Return of the Jedi. That is to say; I want to figuratively destroy it through some grassroots, online sarcasm.

This paper uses three personality theories (neoanalytic, trait theory, and humanistic) to explore the fascinating complexity of Mark Twain's personality.

This paper is about the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial and its effect on the teaching of evolution in schools.

When it comes to defining the nature of reality, almost everybody has an opinion (or maybe hundreds of them). Yet how many of those opinions are based on investigation, consistency and tenability? The speculations to follow, I believe, embrace all three.

Christianity implicit gain answers about being of our world and Universe, about philosophical being, and about possibility of existence of unseenable World of Heaven...

I was able to sit down with a good friend of mine who has a fascinating story about her young life as a Muslim that later transformed into her current atheism/agnosticism. She was willing to relate to me her story about experiencing a trip to Saudi Arabia as a girl.