 Young'n
Hey everyone.
I was recently assigned a philosophy project on epistemology, and I chose to focus on agnosticism because I'm drawn to religious issues (or just cool like that). Reading about it, I realized that I've basically been an agnostic for the past two or three years. Read on:
My family's Lutheran, and they raised/are raising me as one, too. My church is a pretty cool bunch of people, no real bible-thumpers or over-literal interpretations of anything or anything like that. I went to confirmation classes, and we had a lot of open discussions that I enjoyed a lot. I've never been into the religion's teachings, but I've always considered myself a pretty spiritual person and I like to make my parents happy. So I got confirmed a few years ago, not really putting any meaning into it.
I never had any big troublesome conflicts of beliefs, but starting a few years ago the entire system of organized religion began to really get on my nerves. I started to notice people claiming that they knew the exact specifics of God, the exact "rules", that everyone else was just wrong. This seemed utterly ridiculous to me; I saw the idea of god as a big room with a ton of windows, everyone looking through their own window at the same thing. Around the same time I realized that I was only Lutheran/Christian because I happened to be born into it. I'd never chosen it for myself. I have no agnostic friends, only friends who claim to KNOW (most are atheists) and claim that everyone else is WRONG. Up until I began my research, I thought agnostic just meant apathetic.
As I started reading, though, it was just kind of like "Oh. Duhhhh." This is what I've always thought, my whole life. I believe strongly in the existence of God, but also think that the nature of this god (or whatever) is inherently unknowable. I also think everyone has a sense of the same thing, but defines it differently. (I don't usually tell people that, though, it tends to piss them off :P) I generally try to be accepting and open towards religions, but I'm opposed to those that suck all the fun out of this life for the sake of an afterlife.
Uhh yeah, that was a bit rambly.
Other stuff about me: I'm fifteen years old, finishing up my sophomore year of high school. I live in college-pressure-land. I want to be an author, artist and illustrator of childrens' fairy tales when I grow up. Vague idea, though, and it changes based on my mood. I do a ton of online text roleplay. I am a self-proclaimed nerd. I'd like to try harder in school, but I always find myself procrastinating... I am also the self-proclaimed master of the 90.0... and I used to keep journals obsessively, but I've gotten sidetracked on that. I'll be in the IB program next year, if you know what that is. | 
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