2007-06-04 22:21:53 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Religion is, generally, extremely comforting when used as a caulk for the cracks in our information.
It's easy, it's emotionally appealing, and it takes little or no intelligence to say, "Okay God, You're in charge!"
It's not hard to say, "I don't know." But, we ALL want the answers, and most of the people who don't want to REALLY work to find them usually use a god. Gaining knowledge, understanding science, asking the really tough questions, THOSE are the hard things that most Christians I know just don't want to do.
It's not the lack of understanding that's hard for god-people to admit, it's the lack desire to discover new information.
2007-06-04 22:28:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a difference between saying "I don't know" and saying "I believe"... The former one shows a suspicion. The latter one shows a persuasion. We do not need to "know" in order to believe. And in fact, this is not what God wanted to do! If we think about "human knowledge" at all, we all have to admit that we do not know anything at all. We observe the universe with our senses, but from where do you know that our senses reflects the "real knowledge" about the world? Think about colors! There is no property like a color in the matter. We see colors through the reflected light... But in fact, light is not coloured at all. It has only a wave-length... And our mind perceives this different wave-lengths as colours. So, is it real??? You decide!
In terms of God of the Gaps, I want to say that this argument is over-valued. Think about the scientific explanation of how living organisms came into place. They claim that they solved the problem (evolution). But, if you look at it more closely, you realize that they are using "chance" as an explanation. So why do I have to convince myself with this so-called "scientific" explanation. Unless they can eliminate "chance" from their explanation, I can see God right there... Design argument is still valid.
I also want to suggest you a web site about Quran (Islam's holy book) and God of the Gaps.
I think it is really interesting! If you do not have any prejudice against Islam, just check it out...
http://www.quran-miracle.info
2007-06-05 07:43:41 · answer #2 · answered by erisken 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Until the gaps can be explained by something other than the God hypothesis, it can still be considered a viable concept.
The God hypothesis is the ONLY one that fits so far, and I think it'll remain that way. Something does not come from nothing, and it's a mathematical impossibility that the fine-tuning of our universe and the laws of physics was an accident.
2007-06-05 05:25:46 · answer #3 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. We need to fill the gaps with science. We never say I don't know, we say I don't know YET.
2007-06-05 05:24:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why are you bothered so much by others filling in their"gaps: with God?
2007-06-05 05:28:07 · answer #5 · answered by David F 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
A gap in regard to god is a gap in their faith.They would never admit to that
2007-06-05 05:41:01 · answer #6 · answered by rosbif 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this covers about 80% of them.
Half the questions they look for answers to don't even need to be asked.
2007-06-05 05:39:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i guess its like when an infant keeps saying 'but why?' when you've already given them the answer, and they dont want to accept it.
2007-06-05 06:14:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beats me.
2007-06-05 05:25:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I only want to have him where he's supposed to be. Nothing more, nothing less.
2007-06-05 05:30:06 · answer #10 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋