My Agnosticism

Agnositicism in my perspective of the concept, is not a neutral position on the existence or non-existence of a god or deities as most people are quick to assume, but instead the distinct difference between absolutes and beliefs with regard to truth value. In my experience when talking and dealing with different people about this matter, there seems to be a misconception with concise definitions for "belief" and "knowledge". The words are all too often misconstrued. Since I believe that no one can absolutely assert that deities, demons, angels, unicorns...etc exist or don't exist apart from belief, I believe everyone in essence is by my interpretation, agnostic. The beautiful thing about this is that one can "believe" in a divine creator, atheism, deism, witchcraft...etc. I personally believe in intelligent design for the universe, but that doesn't mean that I absolutely "know" or can assert that an intelligent designer exists much less ascribe attributes or characteristics to that designer. As agnostic, one can lead a life of intellectual honesty and not be close-minded with respect to beliefs and opinions such as miracles and supernatural claims that many religions predicate. I really would like to encounter some of the supernatural events that many people say they've had(including myself some time ago but following up did not take place), but since I never have, I have to assume these encounters are just a result of things like psychological trance, dogmatic influence, hallucinations...etc. Agnosticism doesn't assert that these experiences can't happen, but instead considers them highly improbable. To conclude, I believe that faith in a god, life, purpose, morality, destiny...etc are what we make of them from our history and experiences. That opens up a whole other can of worms! I'll leave it for another time. Maybe Thomas Henry Huxely was trying to convey a different ideology when he introduced agnosticism and I need to coin a new one, but at the moment, I feel I have the best worldview. Peace, love, and joy in what you believe and know.