The statement that there is no God is just crazy! Have you ever considered the way our bodies work? Who on this earth could have done that? No one! That's because God did it. He also created everything else.
2006-12-27 00:27:49 · 25 answers · asked by twirlsgurl 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You are correct.I could list one hundred things which could not have randomly occurred.
2006-12-27 00:31:39 · answer #1 · answered by gwhiz1052 7 · 3⤊ 7⤋
Actually atheism is not about what we 'believe' - it is the exact opposite - I believe in nothing that I feel there is not sufficient evidence to prove. I am willing to accept as possible many things that are not proven but I do not believe them, I merely withhold my disbelief until those things are proven to be true or false.
The "way that the body works" rather than implying the existence of a God seems to me a fine example of how we are actually evolving from an earlier form. This is because I -do- consider it very carefully. I see the fact that we still have "wisdom teeth" and an "appendix". These are organs that we no longer have a use for in the last 10 thousand years or more and which are gradually becoming disfuctional and atrophied in most people.
Why has it not disappeared completely? I do not know - but I can theorize that evolution is a very slow process - particularly in humans who now use medical science to prevent those who are not fit for survival from dying off.
As for myself and my beliefs or rather my disbelief, I am not willing to pretend that a fictional God is responsible for creating the world (or the universe) because that really does not answer any of my questions. Instead it is to me the same as "giving up" and deciding not to look or think about how these things came about. I still want to understand these things and that is why I continue to seek an explanation beyond a simple "God did it"... To me that is simply not sufficient, I need more.
If you do not agree - that is your choice, but for me belief is just not enough - I do not accept anything as true, unless there is a supporting basis of observable evidence. Speculation is not an answer - as far as I am concerned.
2006-12-27 11:32:27 · answer #2 · answered by Michael Darnell 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In every circle of twelve, there is one who will not believe what cannot be seen. Thomas was the "control experiment" among the 12 disciples. I claim the right to not believe something until I can see it, which interestingly, Jesus didn't seem to have a terribly big problem with. I can see the evidence for evolutionary progress, so at the moment, it is the most likely explanation of how we got here I've been given. Simply saying that "no-one on earth could have designed our bodies, so God must have done it" is not evidence, it is a philosophical conjecture, so it gives me nothing to believe. I mean no ill will to your point of view, it simply doesn't convince me, so I do not believe what you believe.
Peace.
2006-12-27 10:00:49 · answer #3 · answered by mdfalco71 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The way you phrased your question is very charming. I love the way you believe in god--I'm not being facetious, I'm being serious. The one thing atheists can say, however, is that they believe in what they see (and don't see), which is why it's so hard for them to believe in an invisible god. now many would say, "look around and see the beauty in the world; how can there be no god?" the atheist can say "beauty is relative. if all people in the world had three eyes, etc., we'd have a different definition of beauty." i think believing in god makes sense to explain creation and love, etc., but i also think atheists have a point--albeit a different point of view. what i really like about your question is that you didn't put down atheists in a bad way--you are obviously a good person who actually follows the good points (or the goodness) of religion. peace.
2006-12-27 08:38:26 · answer #4 · answered by heyrobo 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, the statement is not crazy. Your thinking is based on the assumption that there must be "someone" who made it all. Yes, I have considered how our bodies work, I have studied biology. Yes, it is all amazing, and I never deny that.
But who made your God? Now you say he was not created, he just is. But is your God not so much greater than a human body? So how can he exist without being created? You just shift the question to another level.
Sorry, I don't want to attack people's faith in God, but you just told me I am crazy, so I had to reply.
2006-12-27 08:33:27 · answer #5 · answered by Elly 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
All matter thinks at some layer of consciousness and thought up their growth/evolution on their own. Ever heard of emergent-property scientists? Here's a section from an article called "Cosmic Conversation":
""But to emergent-properties scientists, it is clear that all things from the very beginning-atoms, molecules and so on, up to living organisms-do their own "thinking" without any outside help. They communicate, process information and form new unions, acquiring capacities that are unpredictable and greater than the sum of their parts.
Evolution, rather than being driven by competition among individual organisms, is propelled forward into more complicated organisms by symbiosis and cooperation among cells. Carbon atoms, for example, can be thought of as "talking" to each other, exchanging information on how to hold hands to create a diamond crystal.""
2006-12-27 08:53:59 · answer #6 · answered by American Spirit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody on earth, or elsewhere, did it. But your question is so loaded with bias, I can only answer by requesting that you consider why, within your model, there couldn't be a whole committee of "gods." In other words, if everything is "so great," then there's nothing to conceptually preclude a bunch of gods from having made it that way. I'm going to guess you only want one god as the explanation, but within your parameters, that is not a logical conclusion.
2006-12-27 08:36:48 · answer #7 · answered by JAT 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Have you ever considered the way our bodies work? Who in their right mind would design a faulty body? Our cells can't even create decent copies of themselves after a couple of decades, our eyes are wired up backwards with a blind spot we don't even realise we have, we have a pointless and potentially lethal vestigial appendix.
On top of all this, these people who say how perfectly DESIGNED the human body is go on to get their kids circumcised . That's contradictory gratitude don't you think?
So, how have you proven that God exists? Oh wait, you haven't..
2006-12-27 08:34:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Actually, I believe that our bodies work with a complex system of chemical reactions. Our thoughts are made up of chemical reactions going throughout our brains. Chemical reactions are the basis of everything and can happen to a non-living thing and don't need a cause or causer. I believe that once a star explodes, it creates a supernova, which creates a black hole, which spews out all of its matter/energy. That energy will eventually hit a planet and chemical reactions will start and life will form slowly. Also, please calm down. No need for shouting and religious prejudice.
2006-12-27 08:33:17 · answer #9 · answered by ImmortalGenocide 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
we believe its not true because of the overwhelming evidence against God...I mean think about it....Evolution is now a fact...the only people who don't consider it fact are religious people like you. Also consider for a moment the thousands of religions that have existed since written record. then also imagine for a second that just because you belive there is a God..it doesn't mean that its true...We could also safely say that we are living in some Giant Alien Supercomputer and we would always get to the same result. If you want to talk more feel free to Email me.
BTW Gwhiz girl...We don't believe that evolution happened at random.
2006-12-27 08:30:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
your logic is amusing. and i think most people know that no one person on this earth created our bodily systems, but for some reason many people figure that since no one person created something, then 'god' must have . we evolved and adapted. our universe is not a creation. read some non-fiction once in a while.
2006-12-27 08:56:31 · answer #11 · answered by iwa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋