When I was young, I was raised Lutheran. However, I was in a few foster homes with other religious beliefs. When I became an adult, and had to have multiple surgeries, I would pray regularly for intervention. In my opinion, these prayers fell on deaf ears. Now, and for more than a decade, I have chosen to be Agnostic. I believe there might be a god, but for whatever the reason, I don’t worship. It’s not that I am angry at God, but I just don’t see what I owe to him. When it comes to religion, it is a contradictory concept. A person will say that God makes all of the decisions, unless it is someone like me where I made the decision that is contradictory to God. No one blames God for any of the bad things that happens even though nothing happens without his approval. I won’t go into too much more detail, but in the end, I am agnostic.
Atheism
According to Wikipedia, Atheism is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. This means that there is no deity or supernatural being. And there is likely no way to convince and atheist that there is a god. Simply put, making prayers to any deity is a waste of time, and effort, and even downright silly as there is no being hearing these prayers.
Agnosticism
According to Wikipedia, Agnosticism is the view or belief that the existence of God, the divine, or the supernatural is either unknowable in principle or unknown in fact. This means that there might be a deity, but there is no definitive proof of its existence, or lack of. As mentioned, God either does not exist, or choose to ignore my prayers. I wasn’t asking to be wealthy, but make the pain I suffered manageable. With those prayers falling on either deaf ears, or non-existent ears, I have chosen that I do not owe God (if there is one) anything. With that being said, I am leaning more towards Agnostic.