"We can't know..."

I'm reading a book right now called "Life of Pi: A Novel" by Yann Martel. (You should read it if you get a chance.)

Here's a quote that really captivated me.

"I'll be honest about it. It is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics. Doubt is useful for a while. We must all pass through the garden of Gethsemane. If Christ played with doubt, so must we. If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, "My God My God, why have you forsaken me?"then surely we are also permitted doubt. But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation."

Read it a few times if you have to.
But it made me smile so much. Because I am in a religious studies class, heck, I'm in a school filled with agnostics. And the biggest problem I have with agnostics is that they are content to "not know."

Agnostics are okay with being on the fence, even though it would take the pain off of their butts to just jump down to one side.

When we choose apathy, when we stop searching, when we settle for the untrue, overused cliche that "there are things we may never know," we stop growing.

I believe that God can be proved.
I believe he can be proven scientifically, spiritually, intellectually, even physically.

Do I believe that he can be proven in an hour-long TV special by Kirk Cameron?
Maybe.

I, for one, see agnostics as people who are too smart to be atheists, but too happy with living for themselves to give in and admit there is a God.

Agnosticism is very trendy these days.

We must be careful not to endorse agnosticism as a religion or a philosophy. It is a personal choice to stand back and "see what happens." It is a tragic belief that a creator wants nothing to do with us personally.

Maybe if we start making up our minds, life would be more abundant.

Maybe if we realize that we can know the mysteries, science and religion would make amends.

Maybe it's time to stop settling.