What's easier to believe: that everything came into existence by itself or that it's the result of a Supreme Creator?
Creationists always ask this question yet always treat this question like it's rhetorical, but I see it as a perfectly genuine question. After all, _why_ is the second one easier to believe than the first one?
2006-07-27 23:03:26 · 12 answers · asked by XYZ 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not just that, but does something being easy to believe make it true? Of course it's easy believe that the answer to everything is "God did it." It requires no thinking. But to actually take facts, analyze them, and draw a conclusion takes some thought. Of course that's going to be harder to believe in, because not everyone knows enough to understand it. That doesn't mean it's false.
2006-07-27 23:12:43 · answer #1 · answered by holidayspice 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rhetorical? Depends on what you believe:
What is easier to believe, that everything started from nothing, or that a Supreme Intelligence set everything into motion?
Science is based on fact and demands factual testable, irrefutable proof. Creation demands no such proof, only faith.
What is so difficult about believing that God created us in His Image and Likeness and set us over the rest of Creation? There is no missing link to say otherwise.
What other creature on earth can ask: 1. Is there a God? 2. Where did I come from? 3. Why am I here? Pretty unique, wouldn't you say?
So there you have it. Creation requires no proof, only faith. Science demands proof that has not yet materialized.
Creation is simply easier to accept. Some people just think that it isn't "smart," but Creation is not about 'smarts.' It is all about faith. You either have it, or you don't.
H
2006-07-28 06:23:43 · answer #2 · answered by H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For a few people, who see the beauty of the world, there is no doubt that this world came from a beautiful source. For most others, who suffer, it is often nescessary to blame someone, rather than accept an impersonal force as a cause. The latter group petition the Lord for relief.
Historically, one group (Hebrews), accepted God's magnificent creation, and blamed themselves for their suffering, as a result of their own sin. Guilt became a powerful tool for change in their personal lifes, as well as there culture. And that is why most people find it easier to believe that everything was created by God, and messed up by us.
But at some point, the burden of sin becomes too much.
Enter the messiah.
2006-07-28 06:59:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's rhetorical in the fact that there can be MANY different answers.
To answer the second, its easier for most people to believe that a creator had a hand in it all, is simply to give a sense of order and purpose to something that was, really, just a dumb random occurence.
2006-07-28 06:10:46 · answer #4 · answered by Bill K Atheist Goodfella 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothing comes into existence but follows a plan, you can't say the effil tower just came into out of nowhere wihtout a design by its creaters
its a perfectly genuine question but the evolutionsts get rhetorical when asked how did everything came into being without a creator
2006-07-28 06:34:26 · answer #5 · answered by diyanat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any one observing the creation can decipher that it is the handiwork of an intelligent Creator. When I admit that, it puts me in subordination to that Creator who is far more intelligent and greater than me. Some creatures can not stand that thought.
2006-07-28 06:11:14 · answer #6 · answered by lalskii 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the second one is easier for most people because it doesent require you to think. especially creationists.
people would prefer to get an answer rather than looking for it. in comes religion, giving out an answer, they simply adopt it as their own and bask in ignorance. they like th answer. it gives the ma warm fuzzy feeling inside
relgion, opiate of the masses.
2006-07-28 06:07:38 · answer #7 · answered by johnny_zondo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What comes into existence by itself?
If something could come into existence by itself, how would it be sustained?
How would it find compatible surroundings?
If things can, in and of themselves, cause themselves to be, why don't we expect that to happen on a regular basis?
2006-07-28 18:25:47 · answer #8 · answered by Contemplative Chanteuse IDK TIRH 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not really *easier* to believe one than the other. IT just all comes down to the individual person- it's no more possible for me to force myself to 'believe' that there is no God, than it is for an avowed athiest to force themselves to 'believe' that there is. Each person is unique, and it's just not possible for each and every one to believe the same thing.
2006-07-28 06:08:15 · answer #9 · answered by Felix Q 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't think this is a rhetorical question.
2006-07-28 06:07:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋