Pet Peeve: Potential

Dear Evangelists,

Here's what we're waiting for you to understand -

Being agnostic means that we don't know what's right. It means that we don't know who god is, if there is a god, what he/she might be thinking, and why we, as humans, exist the way we do.

HOWEVER, being agnostic does NOT mean that we're uncertain. We have heard of you, and your friend Mr. Christ. We've had the unfortunate pleasure of being introduced to your flyers and public service announcements.

Here's where you appear to be lost. Are you ready? Are you sure?

We know.

That's right, those words that we refuse to use for just about any aspect of religious philosophy for their pompous self-entitled implications, I will say them here.

We know.

We know you are wrong.

Even if we believed in your god, we know you are wrong. If we didn't, we'd take the chance to learn it ourselves - without your help.

Unfortunately, we know that you don't know. We know that we don't know. But even more importantly, you don't know.

We are not sitting here lost and confused, missing a part of our souls or desperate for that special something that makes our lives worthwhile and meaningful. We are not (here it comes) potential.

If we had the potential to believe, we would not be agnostic. We would be nothing.

Agnosticism is a full and total faith, just as passionately strong as your own. We believe that you are wrong. We believe that everyone is wrong. Athiests, Christians, Jews, Hindus, Pagans. We believe in a wholly unique set of ideals that consists of only our own beliefs and relies on our own self-mediation.

We are not waiting for you to confront us with the truth and show us the way to true happiness.

Good luck with that though.