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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are not agnostic if you attending church and want t o study the bible.[/quote]

Not true at all. Besides the fact that there are plenty of atheists and agnostics (often closeted) who attend church regularly (to meet some kind of expectation--family, social, etc), besides the fact that the UU church has NO doctrinal requirements at all BUT does have the "Six Sources" which include Judeo-Christian sources AND a hymnal which includes hymns about God as well as readings from the Bible (among other books), there can be plenty of reasons for an agnostic to want to read and explore the Bible--possibly to challenge one's own current belief or lack thereof, to explore it in the sense of literature or history or in comparison to what other religions say.

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This isn’t it. OP is not atheist. She’s agnostic if she’s in between atheist and the possibility of something there. [/quote]

You can be agnostic AND atheist at the same time.  Nearly all atheists are.  And, you can be both and attend a Unitarian church - or any other church.  You just don't believe and attend for social reasons, or to keep familial peace. I wouldn't do that, but it is possible.[/quote]

This is OP. I differentiate between being agnostic and atheist - I do not consider myself to be atheist. The UU church that I attend has a congregation that takes more of a humanist approach and it does have many people who consider themselves to be agnostic or atheist. I started attending the church because my older son had questions about religion and I wanted a church that was welcoming to all and that encouraged exploration of different religious beliefs.  I’m not sure that I am getting all that much from the church, though, which is why I’d like to explore religion on my own. Partly for my own benefit - to see if anything strikes a chord in me and makes me lean toward having some kind of belief and also for general educational purposes - and partly so that I have more of a base of knowledge to offer for my kids.[/quote]

OP, I went to a UU church a couple times with my DD because she expressed an interest in religion (I'm agnostic & my DH is atheist altho we were both raised Christian). I took a class at our local UU church called "Faith for the Nonbeliever" basically to vet the place & see if I felt comfortable taking my child there. Altho it wasn't super Bible-focused it might interest you. [/quote]

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