Which one ? Seriously tho', I imagine the results would be a bit skewed because most agnostic people are really just atheists who'd rather not be bothered with

Which one ? Seriously tho', I imagine the results would be a bit skewed because most agnostic people are really just atheists who'd rather not be bothered with asserting their atheist belief simply because they haven't thought long and hard enough to cross over the line with conviction. I used to be like that. I had my 'personal understanding of god' and so would call myself agnostic. However, a while back it really bothered me that I couldn't explain my beliefs to anyone who asked. It was always so imprecise and incomplete. Always on the fence, in a manner of speaking. On further reflection, I realized that my belief system was basically this: * A moral compass. The fact that there is a very real right and wrong. These are not relative. Shades of grey don't really exist for morality if you do away with the notion that humans are in any way more 'deserving' of lesss suffering (IOW: there is *always* a right and a wrong. Any 'in-betweens' is solely due to the expectation that humans are in some way special) * A recognition that the universe/nature/existence is immense, beautiful and awe inspiring * Everything in this universe/nature/existence is connected and as such there is a network of influence (ie: every action will have long ranging effects) * I am part of this universe/nature/existence, so my actions have long ranging effects. * Death is the end of life. There's no after-life. No re-incarnation, ressurection, heaven or hell. This life is all that one has and ever will have. None of these things required God. A lot of these things were the teachings of my previous religion (and also a part of the teachings of almost all religions). I was holding on to the notion of God simply as a convenience to think about all of these things in a collective manner. To give it a name as the 'source' of all this 'knowledge'. Pretty much like the Hindu idea of 'Brahman' (not to be confused with the god Brahma). Since then, I let go of my 'personal god' and have been calling myself atheist. I still meditate, reflect, marvel at the beauty of life and am in awe of nature. I just don't call it one name so as to confuse people into thinking that I believe in a larger-than-life-miracle-working-life-creating-morality-judging-God.