Since the beginning of humanity's existence, we have looked up at the stars and wondered. We have marveled at the workings of our own bodies, and been humbled by the raw power of nature. Our minds have been filled with questions, and our hearts filled with excitement, fear, puzzlement, curiosity, awe, joy, fascination and humility over what answers we might find. Humans seem naturally curious: driven by the need to know. This need is so strong that to call it desire is to understate its depth and breadth. This need is so compelling that many have convinced themselves that they have found the answers to the biggest questions we have ever asked: questions about our origin, our purpose, our existence on this tiny, blue, wet rock we call home. Our desire to know has lead many to convince themselves that they already do. Their claims are disingenuous. They simply have not done the work. In fact, they've stopped altogether. They no longer question. They no longer seek. They no longer explore. They no longer wonder. In the comfort of their delusion, they forfeit the adventure.
The beauty of agnosticism is in the honesty to admit that one doesn't know. It's freedom, really. No pretenses. No party lines. No keeping up appearances. Nothing more than the clear conscience that comes with maintaining one's integrity, and the discernment that comes with being both open-minded and not naive. Agnosticism provides a key (which, sadly, some who call themselves "agnostic" have yet to use) to unlock one's mind from the shackles of hubris, prejudice, judgmentalism, elitism, and exclusivism. Such shackles have religious origins. Agnosticism is having stepped out of Plato's cave, looking back only as a reminder that what we once believed to be "The Truth" is nothing more than a series of shadows, and reality is in fact far more perplexing, far more wondrous, and much larger than any faith has ever portrayed it.
The beauty of agnosticism is in the adventure, that maybe one day someone will actually find all the answers to all the big questions, and regardless, in this short life we have, there is the opportunity to come a little closer to the truth, and if we never make it to the summit, we can at the very least stand amazed at what we have discovered so far, and allow our imaginations to run wild with thoughts of what those who will come after us might find.
— Dead-Logic
The Beauty of Agnosticism
The Beauty of Agnosticism
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