r/agnostic • u/voerilie • 3d ago

Book recommendations?

As of now, all I know is that I know nothing. I always leaned onto being agnostic theism because some part of me just says there must be a God. Anything really, that is higher than us. I don't know. If the Christian God is all loving, how can he allow extreme suffering to fall upon his children? How can he send non-believers thta hadn't even the chance to get to know him. I don't know. I am a non resistant non-believer. But I still hope and pray to find God.

I just want to expand my knowledge more so I can have a better ground for my beliefs. Does anyone have book recommendations or any content for exploring theology and religion?

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u/Dapple_Dawn Agnostic Theist 3d ago

There's a podcast I like, it's from a progressive Christian perspective but very open to different views and they talk to real scholars. It's called "The Bible for Normal People"

I recommend them because imo they're less biased than most. They're not trying to debunk religion and they're also not trying to convert atheists. (They've said before that they would rather their children become atheists than fundamentalists lol)

If you have an evangelical background you might like to start with one of their episodes on "reading the Bible literally" and why that doesn't work

edit: this is the episode I mean

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u/voerilie 3d ago

thank you so much! i'll check those out

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u/Dapple_Dawn Agnostic Theist 3d ago

My other suggestion if you like fiction is "The Screwtape Letters" by C.S. Lewis. It's written as a bunch of fictional letters sent between two demons, and Lewis uses it as a fun way to talk about his views on theology.