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The agnostic [[Aldous Huxley]] wrote:
The agnostic [[Aldous Huxley]] wrote:
{{Cquote|I had motives for not wanting the world to have a meaning; and consequently assumed that it had none, and was able without any difficulty to find satisfying reasons for this assumption. The philosopher who finds no meaning in the world is not concerned exclusively with a problem in pure [[metaphysics]]. He is also concerned to prove that there is no valid reason why he personally should not do as he wants to do. For myself, as no doubt for most of my friends, the philosophy of meaninglessness was essentially an instrument of liberation from a certain system of morality. We objected to the morality because it interfered with our sexual freedom. The supporters of this system claimed that it embodied the meaning - the Christian meaning, they insisted - of the world. There was one admirably simple method of confuting these people and justifying ourselves in our erotic revolt: we would deny that the world had any meaning whatever.<ref>[http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/465563-i-had-motives-for-not-wanting-the-world-to-have Aldous Huxley quote]</ref>}}
{{Cquote|I had motives for not wanting the world to have a meaning; and consequently assumed that it had none, and was able without any difficulty to find satisfying reasons for this assumption. The philosopher who finds no meaning in the world is not concerned exclusively with a problem in pure [[metaphysics]]. He is also concerned to prove that there is no valid reason why he personally should not do as he wants to do. For myself, as no doubt for most of my friends, the philosophy of meaninglessness was essentially an instrument of liberation from a certain system of morality. We objected to the morality because it interfered with our sexual freedom. The supporters of this system claimed that it embodied the meaning - the Christian meaning, they insisted - of the world. There was one admirably simple method of confuting these people and justifying ourselves in our erotic revolt: we would deny that the world had any meaning whatever.<ref>[http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/465563-i-had-motives-for-not-wanting-the-world-to-have Aldous Huxley quote]</ref>}}
== Agnosticism and loneliness ==
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Compared to deeply religious cultures where an extended family and a sense of community often exists, secular countries [[Secular countries and loneliness|are often lonelier societies]]. ]]
''See also:'' [[Agnosticism and loneliness]]
The agnostic Lyndsay West wrote in ''Religion News'':
{{Cquote|I know that I am not the only 25-year-old agnostic in the world, but the fellowship that is so easily accessible within the Christian community seems relatively lacking for nonbelievers. I went from being inundated by church events celebrating like-mindedness to feeling pathological in my irreligious rebirth.<ref>[http://religionnews.com/2016/07/27/agnostics-need-more-support-in-coming-out-to-family-and-friends/ Agnostics need more support in coming out to family and friends] By Lyndsay West</ref>}}
Compared to deeply religious cultures where an extended family and a sense of community often exists, secular countries [[Secular countries and loneliness|are often lonelier societies]].
For more information, please see:
*[[Agnosticism and loneliness]]
*[[Atheism and loneliness]]
== Agnosticism and demographics ==
== Agnosticism and demographics ==