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10 months ago
I was asked these questions on another site today. (Warning, debate about religion ahead!) And my response to them. I thought you guys might get tickled by it, so I am sharing it here. Might come across as food for thought, too. Who knows, right? Anyway, hope you enjoy!
Sir, in your “progression” do you have answers for the following questions?
Where/what is the source of human Consciousness?
What Neuron decides what is and is not Truth?
Is Morality a product of what biological Gene?
Personality uses mind, where is personality?
Is Life inherent in mechanistic atoms?
And my response!
Answer to first question: I don’t care.
Answer to the second question: Again, I do not care.
Answer to the third question: I don’t know and I don’t need to know, therefor, I do not care.
It gets a bit redundant after that, so I digress. But that being said, I do not have an existential crisis, a scientific curiosity, a need to know, or a care to know what the answers to these kinds of questions are.
Moreover, I don’t have a belief I am frenziedly attempting to justify or seek validation from others for.
Think about it. If you are so sure in your belief, so convinced of it, why do you feel the need to get validation for it from others? Do you need me to agree with you that the sky is blue, or that water is wet? You know both are true, so you don’t have need for anybody to agree with you that they are. So, if you’re so sure god is real, why do you need to try to convince me to agree with you that he is?
It should tell you that you are not sure, yourself. You can only believe there is a god because there is no convincing evidence available, such as being able to see the sky is blue, just by looking up at it. Therefore, you create these arguments, these lists of “proofs” and lists of questions to challenge other people with.
I don’t believe there is a god and never will. If evidence presents itself that there is one, I won’t need to believe. I’ll know there is one - just like I know the sky is blue and water is wet. But until that evidence does come along, I have no intention of wasting what precious time I have left, worrying about it.
Or about your opinion of me for not believing as you do.
Sir, in your “progression” do you have answers for the following questions?
Where/what is the source of human Consciousness?
What Neuron decides what is and is not Truth?
Is Morality a product of what biological Gene?
Personality uses mind, where is personality?
Is Life inherent in mechanistic atoms?
And my response!
Answer to first question: I don’t care.
Answer to the second question: Again, I do not care.
Answer to the third question: I don’t know and I don’t need to know, therefor, I do not care.
It gets a bit redundant after that, so I digress. But that being said, I do not have an existential crisis, a scientific curiosity, a need to know, or a care to know what the answers to these kinds of questions are.
Moreover, I don’t have a belief I am frenziedly attempting to justify or seek validation from others for.
Think about it. If you are so sure in your belief, so convinced of it, why do you feel the need to get validation for it from others? Do you need me to agree with you that the sky is blue, or that water is wet? You know both are true, so you don’t have need for anybody to agree with you that they are. So, if you’re so sure god is real, why do you need to try to convince me to agree with you that he is?
It should tell you that you are not sure, yourself. You can only believe there is a god because there is no convincing evidence available, such as being able to see the sky is blue, just by looking up at it. Therefore, you create these arguments, these lists of “proofs” and lists of questions to challenge other people with.
I don’t believe there is a god and never will. If evidence presents itself that there is one, I won’t need to believe. I’ll know there is one - just like I know the sky is blue and water is wet. But until that evidence does come along, I have no intention of wasting what precious time I have left, worrying about it.
Or about your opinion of me for not believing as you do.
Just how many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
Food for rambling thought!
Religion is where ignorance goes to hide in the shadows.
Once upon a time, many countless thousands of years ago, thunder and lightning were the sign of an angry god, earthquakes were the sign of a displeased god, volcanoes erupting were gods wrath, a sick village was an evil curse.
Of course nowadays we can explain all of these things, because science cucks god, it's that simple; religion is where ignorance lives.
If somebody wants to have faith, that's fine, they can believe whatever the hell they want to, with, or as-in the case of religion, without evidence.
My only issue with religion is when people attempt to force it upon, use it to coerce, or make it law for, other people.
i.e. I can't prove my arguments against, therefor I am mistaken for not believing!