I ask to be shown the evidence for a god and people say "Look around you". What am I supposed to be looking at? I see a natural universe, in which all things happen without any apparent need for divine intervention. I see things that are satisfactorily explained by cosmology, and geology, and biology, but no need for theology. I don't see the laws of physics suspended for the benefit of believers in a particular god. I don't see amputated limbs magically restored, or falling planes suspended in mid-air, or evil constrained, not even the most horrific and sadistic torture of the most innocent children. I see plenty of attempts to distort, mis-translate and mis-represent religious scripture in order to claim that 'scientific miracles' are held within their pages, but never any plausible demonstration of divine knowledge. I see plenty of people argue that a created universe needs a creator, but no accompanying evidence that the universe is indeed created.
What should I be seeing?
2006-08-21
01:18:38
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