Agnostics get short shrift a lot. We are often labelled with atheists, even though we have nothing in common with them.
Other people (those who label us "agnostic") don't know what the word means, so they assign us beliefs we don't really hold along with the label.
We are constantly labelled "unbelievers," but for most agnostics, that's silly. . . it's not that we don't have beliefs, it's that we can accept that "believing" is different than "proving" and "knowing."
For most people who label us, we are considered to be just "weak kneed atheists." Perhaps a few agnostics fit that characterization, but most do not. Many, (probably most) agnostics believe in one religion or another. . . we/they just don't have the pretense of certainty that characterizes rigid religious adventurers.
This is written to "Pachelbel's Canon in D Minor"
Agnostic’s Lament
VERSE:
I have wondered, I have doubted. –- That angered you. You yelled and shouted.
Can’t see how it threatens you --- for me to wonder what is true.
DOUBLE TIME:
I don’t get why it’s threatening --- for me to question anything.
You say I’m wrong, and I might be. --- I have no need to disagree.
CHORUS:
You call me “faithless” – I don’t mind. –- I have faith, it’s just not blind.
You label me an “unbeliever.” --- But, I don’t know and you don’t either.
I’ve never been an “unbeliever.” --- I can’t be sure, and you can’t either.
I don’t pretend to prophesy. –- Self deception’s still a lie.
I believe, but I can’t be certain --- I can’t see behind the curtain.
One man’s “holy truth” you see, --- is another man’s mythology.
VERSE:
You shout “faith” from every roof, --- but faith is not the same as proof.
“Don’t question God,” you preach and shout. --- But it isn’t God I wonder about.
DOUBLE TIME:
It’s pride that goes before a fall. –- Pride pretends to know it all.
I don’t know much, but I know this. --- Faith and Logic can co-exist.
BRIDGE:
You say you talk with God and Christ. --- And they confirm your every bias.
I wonder, could these conversations --- just be your imagination?
Absent doubt, there is no faith. –- doubts are real in any case.
Is God afraid of the doubts I’m under? --- Or is the fear all yours? I wonder.
CHORUS:
You call me “faithless” – I don’t mind. –- I have faith, it’s just not blind.
You label me an “unbeliever.” --- But, I don’t know and you don’t either.
I’ve never been an “unbeliever.” --- I can’t be sure, and you can’t either.
I don’t pretend to prophesy. –- Self deception’s still a lie.
I believe, but I can’t be certain --- I can’t see behind the curtain.
One man’s “holy truth” you see, --- is another man’s mythology.
VERSE:
The apple I’m eating – is simple and real. --- I taste it – smell it, see and feel.
But you can’t touch interpretations. --- Blind faith fears investigations.
Unhandy truth is feared and hated. --- You say logic’s over-rated.
But then you claim with fevered mind --- That logic’s always on your side.
