Agnosticism
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Agnosticism Have toi felt plus judged par Atheists ou Theists?
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I've felt plus judged par Theists.
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I don't feel judged par eiether.
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I feel equally judged par both.
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I've felt plus judged par Atheists.
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Atheists, in my experience, get more frustrated with you when they find out you're agnostic, and not an atheist, like they expect you to be. I've heard more comments about how agnostics are just indecisive atheists than anything else.
Again, this is not ALWAYS - many Atheists are very understanding and cool, and many are even a member of this spot. Some people here are Agnostic Atheists, and that's cool. I'm just saying, in my personal experience, this is the case. Certainly not across the board.
Atheists, that I've encountered, are pretty cool. That is, until they realize I am agnostic, not an atheist. By then, there's usually a bitter fight about agnosticism isn't just about idiots who are afraid to admit there is no god and/or idiots who are indecisive! It's insulting...but the only atheist I feel doesn't judge me, is my aunt.
Theists...oh, my! I, shamefully, feel so insignificant around them. At school, after someone brought up religion, I actually lost friends because of my beliefs. Most of my family, judge me and make sure to awkwardly bring up religion, just because of my religion. And, ugh, the outside world...don't get me started.
I don't know, maybe these are just my experiences. But, I only feel accepted by those who share my beliefs and satanists. Many of those, that I know, who are Satanists, I get along with, because their religion is as misunderstood as mine.
The most common thing I've dealt with is people from one side assuming that I am the other. By that, I mean atheists assume I believe and theists assume I disbelieve. It's like they have this idea that there is no in-between.
When I say that though, I don't mean that this is the case with everyone. I've also met theists and atheists who seem to have a better understanding of agnosticism.
I have known quite a few atheists to be "offended" by the idea of agnosticism though, and definitely know more argumentative atheists than I do theists. I don't think I've been judged more by atheists than theists as such, but from my experience they do tend to be the ones that get angrier about it. Theists that I know of are not annoyed by the word "agnostic", but some of them are still prone to the assumption that being agnostic means that you disbelieve.
I don't think I've ever lost any friends over being agnostic, thankfully!
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