A Message to the Agnostic

The definition of an agnostic according to Webster's Dictionary is " one who believes it impossible to know if God exists." This belief can be dispelled, however, if you look in the right places.

The basic premise of the agnostic is that it cannot be definitively known whether God exists or not. The range of that philosophy goes from those who say there is no known proof that God exists and can never be known to those who believe there is no known proof but proof may be discovered in the future.

There are five basic categories of Agnostic:

• strong agnostic--the view that the question of the existence or nonexistence of a deity or deities and the nature of ultimate reality is unknowable by reason of our natural inability to verify any experience with anything but another subjective experience. A strong agnostic would say, "I cannot know whether a deity exists or not, and neither can you."
• weak agnostic----the view that the existence or nonexistence of any deities is currently unknown but is not necessarily unknowable, therefore one will withhold judgment until/if any evidence is available. A weak agnostic would say, "I don't know whether any deities exist or not, but maybe one day when there is more evidence we can find something out."
• apathetic agnostic--the view that there is no proof of either the existence or nonexistence of any deity, but since any deity that may exist appears unconcerned for the universe or the welfare of its inhabitants, the question is largely academic.
• agnostic theism--the view of those who do not claim to know of the existence of any deity, but still believe in such an existence. believed that knowledge of any deity is impossible, and because of that people who want to be theists must believe: "If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe."
• ignosticism---the view that a coherent definition of a deity must be put forward before the question of the existence of a deity can be meaningfully discussed. If the chosen definition isn't coherent, the ignostic holds the noncognitivist view that the existence of a deity is meaningless or empirically untestable. philosophers see both atheism and agnosticism as incompatible with ignosticism on the grounds that atheism and agnosticism accept "a deity exists" as a meaningful proposition which can be argued for or against. An ignostic cannot even say whether he/she is a theist or a nontheist until a better definition of theism is put forth

Since the beginning of mankind the existence of God has been debated. Science has said that at some point in time a cosmic explosion referred to as "the big bang" was responsible for the formulation of the universe and the eventual evolution of mankind.

Religion tells us that the earth and the universe were created by a higher being often referred to as God. The name of this God varies depending on what religion you may be following but even though his name may be different from one religion to another, there is a consensus among the religious community that he is responsible for creating the earth and mankind has a responsibility to serve him.

In the mind of the agnostic, he is not totally convinced of either explanation. Although he believes there is no known evidence to prove the existence of God, he can also in he case of the "weak agnostic", hold himself open to evidence that may prove God exists.

The answer to the question and the proof of god's existence is in the earth itself.

Everything has an origin. There is nothing that exists that did not come from something or someone else. Everything that exists had a model from which it was formed. Babies are formed from parents. Chicks are formed from a hen and rooster. And man was formed from God.

Genesis 1:27 in the King James version of the Bible says that God made man "in his image and likeness. Male and female he made them."

In the case of man, God was the model. The Bible says that God is a spirit. Man is also a spirit. We know this because the essence of a man is the life force that resides in him. When that life force is removed that man ceases to exist. Where does that life force go? Does it disintegrate? Or does it continue in another dimension?

To believe there is no God is to believe that life force ceases to exist when it leaves the body. What if it doesn't? What if it does continue to exist in another place or time dimension? And if it does, what are the conditions of that dimension?

We know that earth can be an unpleasant place to live with crime and other inhumanities being perpetrated everyday. If the life force which keeps us alive and is the real essence of our being continues to exist, will the place it goes to be more pleasant or more painful. One would hope it would be more pleasant. But how can you be sure?

The Bible says that life force does continue on and the reason why is because that life force is a part it's creator
who is an eternal being. Since man is modeled after an eternal being he is also eternal which means that life force will never cease to exist just like it's creator.

In the Bible it says that there are two places that life force or spirit can go. One is called heaven (a better place than earth). The other is called hell (a worse place than earth) and the Scriptures say that each human being can determine to which place their life force or spirit goes.

It would be cruel, unjust and illogical for humans to live for a few years on a planet filled with disease, crime and misery and then simply cease to exist. And for those very reasons is why I suggest that there is more to man's existence than to live in relative misery and then be no more.

There is an existence beyond this life. And we all have a choice in where that existence will be. God created this world and he made a provision for those who wanted a better existence than what can be had on this earth. He left instruction on how you can have that better existence in The Bible. It would be cruel and unfair to have a better place for people to go and not leave instructions on how to get there.

How can we know the Bible is true? How can we know that it is not? Wouldn't it be better to ere on the side of safety than to take a chance that you could be wrong about God?

After all, it doesn't cost you anything except having some faith in him.

wikipedia King James Version of the Bible