WHY ARE THEIST AND ATHEIST FANATICS?

AN AGNOSTIC’S POINT OF VIEW

While I prefer to be called a non-believer, I am forced into the category of being an agnostic, and I don’t like any of the levels of being an agnostic, such as agnostic-theist or agnostic atheist. To me theism is a group of religious fanatics no matter what they believe, and atheism is a group of fanatics who believe in no religion or god at all. I, on the other hand, am fanatical about nothing.

Theists think an agnostic is only a mixed-up, back slider who, for some obscene reason or another, has been lured away from the flock. Being the good little, blind-faith followers they are, they continually try guiding the lost one back under the wing of religion, and they say they will pray for your soul, singly and collectively, even though the Good Book tells them they should only pray in private. Boy, has that one been abused. Theists seem to thrive on praying in the company of others.  

The atheists, on the other hand, cannot understand why an agnostic will not make a firm commitment on either believing there is a god or there is no god. It’s either all black or all white to them. And they get really upset because one cannot see their point. They call agnostics cowards, fence sitters and other unsavory things. Atheists are fanatical in the opposite direction of theists. They believe in no god whatsoever.

Why must one be fanatical one way or another. Religious fanaticism is something that turned me away for my faith in the beginning; that and hypocrisy were the two big ones. Neither atheist nor theist can prove their claim. However, the theist’s claim that their god and their messiah are real, can be easily disproven.

All one has to do is study the history of religion, which I will not get into here. If you decide to pursue this, keep an open mind. If you go at it as a blind faith follower, you will miss it all. In fact, if you carefully study your bible and ask logical questions about illogical happenings, you will see the light. One hint, you will not find a loving god there.