Re: A question to Agnosts and Atheists?
I was born in a secular Christian family and "became" agnostic at about 11 years old when I was told the analogies of the Bible - Noah's arc, Samson, creationism, etc - were literal accounts. I felt there was no way to force myself to believe in them. I later read the Old Testamament and found Leviticus and other such horror stories very un-Godlike which futher cemented my belief that I was not Christian. I met too many good people who were supposedly going to hell.
I have since come to the realization that it is possible to interpret the Bible - and most religious texts - into my belief system w/o believing that every animal in the world was gathered and put on one boat or that the vast universe was created like a magic trick in 7 days. Or that one belief system trumps all others and that everyone else is going to hell.