Most of the most highly regarded scientists, politicians, and heros of all
sorts prior to the 20th century and many in the 20th century believed in
God.
These include Isaac Newton, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln... I'm sure
we could keep going.
Many consider themselves too enlightened for that now. I wonder what
changed?
Tom C.
From: "E.R.N. Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 07:12:39 -0600
John Forbes wrote:
On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:09:00 -0000, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
fra: Kevin Waterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
This one time, at band camp, "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That is actually irrelevant to the issue of whether God exists or
not.
This is a simple one.
If you believe God exists, then yes, there is a God.
If you do not believe God exists, then there is no God.
But what then if you don't believe in a god, but also accepts that you
may be wrong. And you end up ingoring the matter because it doesn't
affect you life any way?
DagT the agnostic .-)
None of us can know for certain whether there is a god or not. If we are
rational, we must conclude that there is very little hard evidence to
support the view that a god exists, or existed, and therefore we are
likely to conclude, on a balance of probabilities, that there isn't a god,
and never was.
However, that still leaves us with no answer to the question of how the
universe began. Those who believe in a god can sidestep that question,
which is very convenient for them.
No.
Those who believe in a God can *answer* the question, not sidestep it.
Throughout human history, more rational people have believed in God, or
gods, than haven't. In all cultures.
I am not suggesting that the minority of humans in modern times who
conclude (for whatever) that there is no god are all irrational. I object
to your implying that those of us who conclude (for whatever reason) that
God (or gods) exist are not rational. That suggestion is both arrogant and
ridiculous.
