How To Be Offensive
Posted on 21. Mar, 2010 by Brad Hart in Agnosticism | Twitter: @ |
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First and foremost agnostic does not mean noncommittal, indecisive, undecided, or neutral. True agnostics, not the usurpers who have attached themselves to us or been labeled by someone else, have a very definite view when it comes to the existence of god(s). We do not believe it is possible to know if they exist. This is a far cry from the opinion of atheists who adamantly believe god(s) don’t exist and Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus and other religious folk who believe they very much do exist. Most of us take it a step further and say since it can’t be proven, it is unimportant and to simply say you believe to fit in or chance being saved is nothing but a lie and self-serving hypocrisy that the deity in question will know you have committed if they do exist. With this in mind we would really appreciate it if you would quite labeling everything as agnostic this and that, simply because you can’t make up your mind.
Why should you quit mislabeling everything as agnostic? Number one, you more often than not use the term in a manner that doesn’t even have a relationship to the Greek root words much less our views on religion it makes you look stupid. While I have no problem with you looking stupid, I and most other agnostics, have a big problem with people trying to associate us with being indecisive, noncommittal, undecided, or your own ignorance. If you want to know how offensive we find it, let me give you a few examples. Misusing the term agnostic to mean noncommittal, indecisive, undecided, or neutral is akin to labeling anything that is hypocritical, self serving, anti-science, delusional or just plain crazy as christian. It is akin to labeling anything remotely associated with Africa including people of black African descent or who Europeans colonized Africa with the term NIGGER. It is akin to slapping a KIKE label on anything associated with either Jews, Jewish culture, or the State of Israel. If you are offended I would use those terms, I hope you are getting the point as to how offensive the misuse and rebranding of Agnostic is to us.
Before you even dare say you know an agnostic who uses the term freely, ask yourself if they are they really an agnostic or have they simply had the term attached to them. Secondly, it doesn’t matter if they use the term casually, there are plenty of blacks who use the term nigger and the amount of Jewish people who crack the regular Jew joke or refer to themselves as Kikes, Hook Noses, Hebes, or Red Sea Pedestrians is staggering. The terms are still offensive to the majority of the people who are truly these things. Agnostic is not a trendy brand name or a technical specification so we would appreciate you not slapping the term on every piece of genera you come across.
