Atheists, I'm wondering something (And no, I'm not out to bash....)?

Question

I've said the following in quite a few of my answers, and I just wonder if any of you have anything against my reasoning here.

I consider Divinity to be what has put Order to the Universe, and to me, this includes Astrophysics and Biology and even Logic to a smaller extent, and thus, (at least to me) makes a good deal of you unadmitting believers. (I know you don't like that.)

Anyway, just curious as to if there's any arguements against this from you guys and gals. (no, I typically don't use the term gals.)

So -that's- my Divinity? Neato.... nice to share a bit with ol' Mr. E.

And I've never said Divinity cares too awful much about what we do, I do think it's best to live as good a life (not just morally) as possible, but that's just me. I think if Divinity loves us like the Christians say their God does, there would be a grand revelation and bad things would only happen to bad people, and good things to good. I've seen a few too many coincidences to totally rule out prayer/spellwork/hoping, so I think It listens from time to time though....

It's kinda like a referee like that, the rules are there, set in stone in a sense, and I don't believe It would decide to change those rules on a whim, because that's what people do to get ahead, Divinity, being perfect, decided on these rules and is not the sort to go changing them.

I'm finding this pretty interesting, and just so you know, I feel it takes a lot more guts in a world full of believers and worshippers to stand up with your beliefs that there is no god and no need for religion to stand firm in that belief, than it is to follow the believing crowd. Probably even harder than being an admitted Pagan. Kudos to you.

Again, I want to thank those of you who participated in my little fun-having for your opinions and input (you see, I can learn new things of Divinity even from people who claim that it doesn't exist!)

Y/A is telling me to pick a best answer. I would, but I can't. It goes against everything I believe, so vote it out, again, I appreciate all the feedback.

Answer 1

I'm an atheist... but Einstein felt much the same way... you're in good company. He did not believe in a personal god... but did believe in the laws of physics and the order they bring to the universe.

Answer 2

In some ways we are all talking about the same thing whether we call it Divinity, God, Mother Nature etc.
To me the important issues are cause and effect rather than the arbitrariness of an all powerful God. I am internally uncomfortable with the concept that everything I observe to be true can be overturned because the rules can be re-written at will. To believe that gravity only works because God wills it and he may change his mind at any time does not seem rational nor a good foundation upon which to base your life.
In reality no atheist can deny the possibility of a God because this is just as much an article of faith. My view is that the existance of God is unproven and that until such proof exists I cannot tell if any or all Gods are valid so I worship none.
If your Divinity does exist I would have to believe that he is bound by physical laws such as gravity and therefore cannot be the omnipotent being of the Christians.
I do not have any strong opposition to the idea that their is a power in operation that we do not understand and that that power takes an apparently random interest in human affairs. Much the same way that I don't monitor or answer every question on Yahoo Answers. I only answer that which interests me when I happen to be on line. For Divinity to make sense to me he would be doing the same and still be limited by the physical constraints of the universe although he may have power to intervene without direct action and without suddenly deciding that gravity need not apply.
Interesting concept with originality rather than blind adherance.

Answer 3

The distant God -- the Einsteinian one; God as an abstraction.

The problem here is that believers in Yahweh, Allah, etc will include me "among them" if I say I believe in God, then define God out of existence. (Look at what they did with Einstein -- you've got people on Yahoo Answers who constantly refer to him as a "believer".)

Answer 4

I offer no argument. I think that you have found a wonderful way to describe the majesty and wonder of science along with the magic of religion. Thumbs up from me.

Answer 5

Is this the Einsteinian definition of God?
If so, "he" is difficult to deny...physics, math, and nature do exist....I just doubt they care what we do...