Agnostic

A banda americana, Agnostic Front, foi fundada em 1982, mas seu primeiro nome era Zoo Crew.Um tempo depois Vinnie Stigma (guitarrista) batizou a banda com o nome Agnostic Front. Hoje em dia a banda faz sucesso por todo o mundo e construiu um verdadeiro exército de seguidores do punk ao hardcore. O álbum de estréia "United Blood"(1983) fez grande sucesso logo de cara e foi o carro chefe

Agnostic Front are out with the video to their new single 'For My Family', from the New York hardcore band's ninth full-length studio album 'Warriors', out now on Nuclear Blast Records. Watch it below the fold.

In Thomas Hardy's poem a speaker contemplates the evolution of his unbelief and that of his family and society as they sit around a Christmas fire. The theme depends upon an old myth that claimed that the animal kingdom, farm animals, knelt on Christmas Eve in honor of the Christ-child's birth.  Hardy uses the myth and Christmas itself metaphorically for the Christian faith. First he remembers how once upon a time the "elders" would announce the fact that the time had come and that the animals were on their knees. No one, including the speaker, considered doubting. But time has passed, the speaker is older, and he now calls the idea a "fancy" no longer believable. And yet, in keeping with the many emotions stirred by the

Canadian Band Combines Blues, Bluegrass for Raw, Honest SoundBy M.D. SpenserOut of Canada, howling like wind through the chinks of a cabin, comes a sound so traditional it evokes something primal and yet so new you’ve never heard it before.It is the Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir, a four-piece band from Calgary that combines Blues, bluegrass, Appalachian folk and attitude into a rough, raw soun

Sent in by Eris DiscordiaWhat I find interesting and a little disturbing is the fact that so many people feel it is necessary to pry into my personal belief system! When I finally broke free of the bonds of my prison religion I was made to feel uncomfortable by old friends and relatives, and even people I meet in the coffee shop who insisted on quizzing me as to how I spend my Sunday mornings! "Wh

Dear Readers: I have had continued correspondence with Mr. Hallows, of crazychristianblog who in my previous post, I erroneously classified as an atheist. He has informed me that he is somewhat a Deist, somewhat an agnostic. (I do not endorse his site, but I felt that in all fairness, I would include his link, for those that wish to know more of what this man's beliefs are. I warn you that the site is full of insult to Christianity, Christ followers, and swearing. Visit with caution, and prayer.) However, the fact remains that he does not believe in God, as I do, and so am continuing to share our correspondence. I welcome your comments, and would like to ask your continued prayers upon him. Remember that despite what he may think of us, God loves him, and so should we.First, his email to me, and then my response.Subject: Responce To Your 2 EmailsThank you for your response. First of all let me point out a few things. I was in fact raised as a Christian, my mother is of Catholic

Warriors hits stores in the USA November 6th on Nuclear Blast, but thanks to our Friends at Bridge Nine, you can order “FOR MY FAMILY.” RIGHT NOW This EP is a collaboration between Bridge Nine Records, Nuclear Blast & AF that gives you two brand new songs as well as “Break The Chains,” a song ONLY on this release. This is a one time, limited edition pressing so get it while it’s there!! Click HERE to order!!*§ource: Agnostic Front's website*

While I was watching a documentary on the history of religion recently, my sister said to me “but aren’t you an Atheist?”1 At the time I replied, “no, I’m Agnostic”. It has made me think, however, about the nature of Atheism and Agnosticism. While I generally describe myself as “agnostic”, and avoid describing myself as “atheist”, I could be viewed as both, depending on your definitions. As there seem to be many different views on what Atheism and Agnosticism entails, let me be very clear about what I take the meaning of these words to be. Belief Definitions for both Atheism and Agnosticism rely on the notion of “belief”, which itself can be contentious at times. For my purposes, when I say “belief”, I refer “to the attitude we have, roughly, whenever we take something to be the case or regard it as true”2 Belief, here, does not imply any lack of certainty - even though it might sometimes in

In my last major post, I look at the idea of “religious eclecticism“, and how I think it’s likely that all religions share the same basic ideas. I also said I’d try and use a variation of Pascal’s wager to help justify my position. Pascal’s wager goes something like this: Living your life as if God exists will bring infinite benefit (you go to heaven) if, in fact God exists. If it turns out that God does not exist, then you haven’t missed out on much. If, on the other hand, you were to live as if God didn’t exist, but you turned out to be wrong, then you’d suffer infinitely (hell and damnation). Even if you were right about God not existing, the benefit you’d gain while you were alive would be minimal compared to eternal damnation. In a more graphical format, Pascal’s wager looks like this:   God exists (G) God does not exist (~G) Living as if God exists (B) +∞ (heaven) −N (none) Not living as if God exist

From The Christian Agnostic (1965) Leslie D. Weatherhead The past week or two I've been reading and rereading an exceptional book -- The Christian Agnostic by Leslie Weatherhead. It's worth a look, believe me, and one which you can agree with or disagree with, but enjoy. Here's an ethic: I feel that it is no sin to be an agnostic. By "agnostic" I do not of course mean the atheist, who declares

I would like to make a website recommendation for any parent who is agnostic, or just not religious. http://www.agnosticmom.com/ I recently stumbled on to this little gem of a weblog and thought I would take the opportunity to share it with you. The author is Noell Hyman, the goal of her site it to provide advice and information for raising a healthy family without religion, and may i say i

I believe in God but not in the church. The statement is plain and unexciting and yet it seems to fire up the most vehement curses known to man, not surprisingly from the most pious, or at least spiritual, of people. With that simple statement, I have been in constant debate and argument with members of my clan and immediate family on how and why I should uphold my beliefs both directly and indirectly. The question is why? I stopped believing in the church shortly after entering High School. Ironically, it was a Catholic school, an institution that upheld the ethics of religion in a much higher perspective than others. Being born a Catholic, I was exposed to everything that the church has to offer; beliefs, prayers, saints. I’ve been baptized, taken my communion, confessed my sins, and taken part in so many rituals that the religion deems a requirement for a place in the heavens that I can’t remember most of them. I lived most of my days in fear of holy retribution and in lin