Why I don't believe in God (although I do give him a capital 'G', you notice.)
This is something that I just posted to a message board that I contribute to. We started off on
evolution and have tangented somewhat...
Just a note- I really would like to believe in God, and have been trying quite hard, actually. But I've realised that it isn't going to work for me, I'm afraid. However some people that I adore are Christians, and so I hope that no-one is offended by this. And if anyone has a hotline to God and would like to give me the number, feel free to send me an email.....
Yes, ID is creationism by any other name, called 'stealth creationsim' or 'Creationism in a cheap tuxedo'. In order for it to have any hope of creationism being taught in schools, a public relations campaign was planned, with the 'wedge strategy' taking central stage- an attempt to substitute 'theistic science' for natural science in the public mind. The intrusion has been successful to some extent, but the failure of the emergence of either a scientific research program or any scientific data at all to support the claims is a bit of a setback, one would think.....
And neurons being happier with faith seeping in is, for me, the crux of the whole issue.The best argument for atheism in my mind is, in fact the existence of religion. Most every society has come up, independently, with some sort of religion. The first people looked around themselves, and thought 'who made all this?', which is actually a meaningless question, but came about becasue he thought that there is only one sort of thing that makes things (himself) so who ever made everything must be a bigger, stronger version of himself. And then he thought 'Well, who did he make this for??' and because he is thinking that this fits his needs very well, then it must have been made for him.This is essentially Douglas Adams argument, but it suits what I want to say perfectly.Homo sapiens are hardwired to believe in a deity, I believe. Because NOT believing in one is a very hard and unpleasant thing to come to terms with, as I have discovered. Unfortunately, just because we want something to be true, it does not follow that it actually is.
posted by Eva @ 9:10 pm
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3 Comments:
Well, Eva, it could be there you are trying too hard to be rational about something that isn't so rational, after all.
Religion can be done so that it does no harm - offends or hurts no one.
I admit that at many periods of time, this has been unlikely -- even untrue, but it is possible now. You just have to be responsible about it.
You don't require a church. You seem to have one right all around you.
Use it. And those two little angels of your own.
Just pray. Tell 'God' how you feel.
I'm working my way through the first book, but my fingers and hands are giving me trouble with all that I want to say and do.
I'm even dreadfully behind on your blog as all these current comments prove.
Sigh!
We all have a void to fill, Eva. Some manage to fill it with religion, some with handbags and some - well me, with eating yummy food.
I believe in the Religion Gene theory. Some people have it in the same way that some people have extra sensitive nicotine receptors. Some people are more receptive to metaphysical concepts or cigarettes or adrenaline from sports than others. We all have a thing - and your's obviously isn't religion.
Maybe take up feng shui and goat rearing to help fill that need....
Sorry for that misplaced apostrophe in 'your's'. Can't tolerate misplaced apostrophes.
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