Agnosticism Discussion Options

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I'm agnostic in my beliefs about god and all that, but my friends seem less than convinced.

my christian friends try to convert me,
my athiest friends try to convince me further,
and my other agnostic friends are the same way.

quite frankly, we're stumped.


if you dont know what agnosticism is-

basically it says that we would believe in god if there was more proof. we arent denying there is a god, but simply put- there's more evidence basing all of the scientific theroies as opposed to the bible- so we tend to believe in science over god.

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Throughout the 20th century, the United States experienced controversy over the nature of Christmas, and its dual status as a religious feast day and a secular holiday of the same name. Some considered the U.S. government's recognition of Christmas as a federal holiday to be a violation of the separation of church and state. This was brought to trial several times, recently including in Lynch v. Donnelly (1984)[27] and Ganulin v. United States (1999).[28] On December 6, 1999, the verdict for Ganulin v. United States (1999) declared that "the establishment of Christmas Day as a legal public holiday does not violate the Establishment Clause because it has a valid secular purpose." This decision was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court on December 19, 2000. At the same time, many devout Christians objected to what they saw as the vulgarization and cooption of one of their sacred observances by secular commercial society and calls to return to "the true meaning of Christmas" are common.

Quickly addressing that...if you're in the U.S. at least, you should totally accept presents. It's a national holiday, not just religious.