Agnosticism is "the belief that the truth values of certain claims—especially claims about the existence or non-existence of any deity, as well as other religious and metaphysical claims, are unknown or unknowable". In other words, if you are agnostic you don't believe in specific religions and you have no concern into the truth in them. Being agnostic is basically being neutral when it comes to believing in a high power, such as God.
As being a regular attender of church as a little girl, I believe that my judgement in what I do and don't believe in come from good judgement. It's not like I've never been exposed to a religion, I have and at a young age to. From years of going to church, I have come to a point in my life where I began to question it. It all started when I realized that I had a million questions with no one to give me the answers. You'd think for people who strongly believe in a higher being that they would be able to back up their beliefs, but they just give the same answers over and over.
As I began to grow older, little details in the church began to stick out to me. If God answered all prayers then why must they collect money from the same people EVERY SINGLE WEEK. There are millions of starving people out in the world, but the money that goes into collection plates just gets put back into the church. Also, not to discriminate or anything, but if you look around, the main age attenders are people over 60+. They go there to socialize with people, as that makes them feel like they are going out. In my opinion, the whole idea of religion was created to comfort people. Wouldn't you be scared to not know what happens after life on earth? The thought of being welcomed by an "all mighty God" is more comforting then not fearing the unknown. I believe that the bible was made so that people wouldn't be afraid to pass on from this life, but people began to put all their heart and soul into it, and completely lived it in their everyday life.
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