Then again, I’ve spoiled African-AmericanNews& Issues’ audited estimated 2 million readers and millions more accessing our Web page (www.aframnews.com), by cleverly edifying you with my sho’ nuff innovative For Your Information research that’s ideally reserved for lazy, pseudo-intellectuals. Although the dictionary defines an agnostic as “One who holds that we know nothing of God, or an unseen world beyond material phenomena,” most people fail to grasp the concept of agnosticism, insofar as it has actually become somewhat of a religion itself (FYI: Agnosticism is the philosophical view that the truth or falsity of certain claims—particularly theological claims regarding the existence of God or gods—is unknown, unknowable, or incoherent. Some agnostics infer from this that these claims are irrelevant to life.
The term and the related agnostic were coined by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1869, and are also used to describe those who are unconvinced or noncommittal about the existence of deities as well as other matters of religion. Agnostics may claim that it isn't possible to have absolute or certain spiritual knowledge or alternatively, that while certainty may be possible, they personally have no such knowledge. In both cases, agnosticism involves some form of skepticism towards religious statements. This is different from the simple irreligion of those who give no thought to the subject.-Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.). For sure, if truth be told, when you listen to most of the confused Christians they oftentimes unwittingly embrace agnosticism. For real, I can’t count the times I’ve heard Christians joke, “As wonderful as heaven is, I ain’t in a hurry to go there.”
You “in my secret closet” Doubting Thomases might as well pray with me, because you know where I’m coming from. In addition, I didn’t come to play, I just came to tell you something about Easter Day. First, however, let’s give a devil his due. I have to agree with the article (DeLay says he sees war of Christianity in U. S.: Sugar Land Republican speaks at conference of religious leaders), in the Houston Chronicle’s March 29, 2006 edition, when old Tom said: “Our faith has always been in direct conflict with the values of the world. We are, after all, a society that provides abortion on demand, has killed millions of innocent children, degrades the institution of marriage and all but treats Christianity like some second-rate superstition.
“Despite those factors, DeLay said, ‘we have been chosen to live as Christians at a time when our culture is being poisoned.” Tom, however, falls in the same category of my brothers and sisters who cringe like lighting will strike when I suggest that Black folks wouldn’t believe in Jesus if they knew he was a nappy headed, fat, ugly brother, instead of their psyche’s subliminal image of a White hunk, with a six pack. Quite frankly, people think I’m crazy to play with Jesus, but I happen to believe he has a sense of humor. Besides that, there’s a preponderance of evidence that suggests that he’s a brother who knows what’s in our hearts no matter what we might say to a bunch of hypocrites.
Square business, even in today’s “discretion is the better part of valor” society, I still consider it kinda dumb to give easy to con, malleable minded “born again, thank ya’ Jesus” Christians” more respect than I give an all seeing and knowing creator, who is my heavenly Father. I wonder if anybody knows where I’m coming from on this Easter week 2006?