To Be or Not To Be, That is the Agnostic's Question

Agnostics are the fence sitters in the freethinking community. They are of the opinion that since we can’t prove God exists, and we can’t prove that he doesn’t exist, they will just not make a choice. When asked if there is a God, they say, “I don’t know.”

I have said before that the difference between atheists and agnostics is that agnostics have questioned their faith, and atheists just thought about it a little longer. There are people who remain agnostic because they continue to stand by the belief that we can’t prove or disprove God’s existence. There is a major flaw in this thinking.

What if I told you that I had a goblin living in my closet? He turns invisible when other people go near him, so I am the only one who sees him. I can’t take a picture of him because he doesn’t show up on film. Sometimes he takes one of my socks and hides it. He also sings silly songs while I’m trying to sleep, but I’m the only one that can hear him.

Now, for anyone to believe me, I would have to prove that the goblin exists. I claimed it was true, so the burden of proof is on me. There is absolutely no evidence that a goblin exists outside of my imagination. Telling someone else to prove me wrong is just silly. I could make up anything that can’t be proven wrong. Prove that there are no invisible pink unicorns or psychic abilities.

An agnostic would have to accept all these things at ‘maybe true’ without making decisions on any of them. They can look at the world around them and see absolutely no evidence supporting the belief of goblins, unicorns, psychic abilities, or God. Why automatically assume that something may be true just because someone else said so? How about telling the claimants to prove it, since there is no reason to believe it in the first place.

My guess is that with religion, they just want to appear neutral and not cause waves when the discussion comes up. The truth is that they probably don’t believe.