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Originally posted by xcom freak@Feb 15 2005, 09:50 PM
I dont understand how people can be atheist.
Think about it deeply and ull know that atheism makes no sense!
Maybe God is not human but u can never deny his presence!
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I could say exactly the same thing:
I can't understand how people can be religious.
Think about it, and you'll see that you must stop thinking to become religious.
If you stop with the wishful thinking, then you must realize GOD doesn't exist.
But I must say, that's not my point!, I'm just using this for the further argument.
Just because you're used to people believing in GOD doesn't mean you're right. If you were brought up in a culture that believed in purple bees being the supreme leaders because mice gave them them power of burping (sounds really stupid I know) you'd think it's strange someone thinks otherwise.
I'm not saying it's wrong to believe - religion doesn't really teach anything bad and it does represent a cultural basis (same goes for communism too), but that's just a social function of it.
I'm a person who doesn't need all the answers, so I don't need to believe. If I don't know something, I either figure it out, or if I can't I admit I'm unable to do it. In that case there's nothing more then to pass the question on to the next generation and maybe someone won't have to strugle to get the question, but will have more time to think of the answer. That's how most knowladge came to be.
I don't need to look somewhere deep inside to be humble. I don't need to believe in something bigger then me because I'm inperfect.
Yes, there probably are other beings then humans, probably more evolved then we are. But does that make them GODs? No! Are we gods to dogs and horses? Maybe. A dog will blindly obey and worship his master, so to a dog I might be a god - but does that make me a god?
To a child a grown up can be like a god. A child is dependant on a grown up and accepts his supremacy, but once the child grows up, there's no more god. I guess religion takes the place of the parent then. People are often scared of being left without someone helping, suporting, loving and even punishing them. GODs get those atributes.
Governmants are close to that, but we all see the people in the governmants and can also see their flaws, that's why we don't think of them as gods. But since no-one saw a god recently (unless in a dream) no-one can see a flaw in that being (I'd say because it doesn't exist, someone else would say because god is perfect). Take your choice.
I'm not trying to convert anyone into atheism, but if you find my arguments strong, then it's because I really gave them a lot of thought and it makes perfect sense to me. So if you do wish to get in a discusion with me, be warned, your view on religion might change. Are you ready for a debate, or are you just trying to make some quick remarks about atheism?
Just remember, a plane would look really weird to a peasent in the 15th century. e'd probably think it's a work of a demon. So don't let your prejudges stand in the way on your view on atheism.