reply to post by Skyfloating
yeah. you gotta love the way some of these richard-dawkins-types live on a tiny, tiny planet in a tiny, tiny body and then start making
grandiose claims purporting to know the "origins of life".
I agree wholeheartedly with your thread! It is too bad that there are primarily 2 groups that cannot meet in the center. This is narrow thinking at
best.
I am reading Dawkins: "The God Delusion." It is ironic for someone who preaches against religion (and so do I) that he promotes in essence his
own!
"My dream is that this book may help people come out...the easier it will be for others to join them. There may be a critical mass for the
initiation of a chain reaction." Pg. 4 of the Preface....
"If this book works as I intend, religious readers who open it will be atheists when they put it down." - Pg. 5 - Richard Dawkins
Interesting eh? He indeed brings up many valid points but loses it to the inability to reason abstractly on a philosophical level. In this even his
friends and critics know he has stepped beyond his abilities.
In this: he did not challenge me in the least, in letting go of a Creator. But I learned valuable aspects of natural selection,etc. in his book and
recommend it as a reference book. But follow his lead?In becoming an atheist...Why?
His arguments are about as deep as a Christian! NOT!
IMO the more broadminded and intelligent a person is: the less one will want to gravitate to any group, but will use their own minds, and not just
follow the dictates of a guru.
I too, think that evolution and creationism are both possible at the same time! Why not?
reply to post by Astyanax
But then He goes and creates the world.
That act nullifies both the eternal nature of God (because what is eternal is changeless, and to act is to change) and His perfection (because in
changing, He is no longer perfect; besides, a being that creates an imperfect world is inevitably an imperfect creator).
Therefore God, the perfect Being, could not have created the world.
I follow your reasoning and is one used often on ATS amongst its many members.
Of course, there are other avenues to reason on. This is not the end - all of reasoning relating to God/Creator/ID, etc. Just the one that makes the
most sense to YOU.
If there were an entirely different agenda that you are not privy to or cannot grasp, that does not negate its existence.
I feel that we are an experiment, and creating an imperfect scenario as with so-called Adam & Eve would open up different thought along with different
realities.
As imperfect humans, it is the comfort of most to; categorize most things under: either/or thinking. This is too black and white and is hence, not
working for abstract thinkers. Those who want to think outside the boxes.
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