Haaahaahaaaaaaa! Wow. Um. Well, religion is a big no-no for me. Not the main ones anyway (unless you count being an avid Van Halen fan as religion).
I am a man of science; have been all my life. Even as a child in infant school I refused to accept that a 'God' created the world in 7 days and always refuted the accuracy of songs we sang during assembly in the morning. It doesn't make any sense to me that some infinite celestial being shaped this world, even this universe. Sure, people argue that's part of the mystery behind 'God', but I see it as an easy way out to explaining how existence came to be. I could rant for hours about this, but I promise I won't go all Richard Dawkins on your ass.
I find the idea of a 'God' quite feeble in the sense that people who follow his 'teachings' and idolise his 'beliefs' lack a sense of personal direction. Not in the sense that they have no idea what to do with their life, but the way in which religious nuts constantly refer to the bible/ Qur'an/ Torah/ whatever to find guidance in their life. Okay, maybe they genuinely need a direction. But finding direction in fairy tales is ridiculous. We were not put here by some divine form millions of years ago. We were but here by sheer chance; our planet's orbit, angle and the 'goldilocks zone' put us here. We were out here by the most impossible series of chance and coincidence. Natural selection put us here. In short, we were put here by science. Science has most of the answers, with irrefutable proof, to all the question in the universe. The bible provides sketchy, unsure musings that people can derive all sorts from. Nothing proved. Nada. Sorry. Show me how a deity can explain and prove how it created something as tiny as a leaf. Science can break it down, explain every atom right down to a molecular level. Sure, on one level is ruins the mystery, the illusion behind what a divine creator is. It's all part of human intellectual evolution. Sure, there are more and more agnostics and atheists nowadays, but that doesn't mean there are more and more bad people. Take me for example. I may be atheist, but I am (ha, so much for modesty, right?) kind, honest and accepting. I am a genuinely nice person; and I didn't need a 'god' or a holy text to tell me that. I'm not just another human. None of us are. We are all me. Or you. Or him, her, them, us. We are all individually different is so many beautifully intricate ways. Think for yourself. BE yourself. For the good of the universe :)
Science created this universe and science will destroy it.
'nuff said.
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I find the idea of a 'God' quite feeble in the sense that people who follow his 'teachings' and idolise his 'beliefs' lack a sense of personal direction. Not in the sense that they have no idea what to do with their life, but the way in which religious nuts constantly refer to the bible/ Qur'an/ Torah/ whatever to find guidance in their life. Okay, maybe they genuinely need a direction. But finding direction in fairy tales is ridiculous. We were not put here by some divine form millions of years ago. We were but here by sheer chance; our planet's orbit, angle and the 'goldilocks zone' put us here. We were out here by the most impossible series of chance and coincidence. Natural selection put us here. In short, we were put here by science. Science has most of the answers, with irrefutable proof, to all the question in the universe. The bible provides sketchy, unsure musings that people can derive all sorts from. Nothing proved. Nada. Sorry. Show me how a deity can explain and prove how it created something as tiny as a leaf. Science can break it down, explain every atom right down to a molecular level. Sure, on one level is ruins the mystery, the illusion behind what a divine creator is. It's all part of human intellectual evolution. Sure, there are more and more agnostics and atheists nowadays, but that doesn't mean there are more and more bad people. Take me for example. I may be atheist, but I am (ha, so much for modesty, right?) kind, honest and accepting. I am a genuinely nice person; and I didn't need a 'god' or a holy text to tell me that. I'm not just another human. None of us are. We are all me. Or you. Or him, her, them, us. We are all individually different is so many beautifully intricate ways. Think for yourself. BE yourself. For the good of the universe :)
Science created this universe and science will destroy it.
'nuff said.
x
I don't think science ruins the mystery, I think it makes it all the more fascinating and beautiful.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't it just? :)
ReplyDeleteIt's also right :D