The Challenge of Agnosticism

Abstract

We are now witnessing something new in human history: many persons including those involved in scientific disciplines like engineering, psychology, chemistry, philosophy, economy, etc. declare to be agnostics but in the same time lead a life committed and coherent with ethical principles peculiar to Christianity. In fact, we are witnessing nowadays an agnosticism more practical than theoretical. Any citizen may lead a pleasant life without adhering to any
religion. This situation proper to our times implies a serious reflection about the reasons which make possible certain agnostic attitudes, the cultural pluralism as a challenge to the access to God, the crisis of the metaphysical thought, the fragmentation of reason, the anthropological change of philosophy and the condition of a consumerist and hedonistsociety. All these aspects bring about great difficulties when we want to structure a speech about God today; nevertheless, this article triesto find a way based on the existential life which takes into account the personal experience of the mystery of God, without giving up the requirements of reason.