July 23, 2012

• Religion Vs. Science

  I've never really considered myself a religious person. I've always believed in God, but inconsistently -- I've doubted His existence on a couple of occasions, but I've never down-right said "God exists" or "God doesn't exist." The reason why I've never made such a conclusion is because of my lack of evidence to support that belief. If I said that "God exists," without a doubt, then people would ask "why?" I can't just say "because He just does." Typically, that doesn't sit well with people. Even if I had some kind of spiritual experience, there's still people who would doubt that God exists because there's explanations. Kathleen and I have watched a couple shows that have dealt with spiritual things and people analyzing those experiences to see if it's real or fake. Even still, they don't conclude that "it's a ghost" or "it's bigfoot" because there's still room for interpretation. There's never any clear-cut answer. If someone asks an Atheist why they don't believe in God, they might bring up the fact that there's no hard evidence to suggest that God exists. Some Atheists are under the impression that there's a competition between Religion and Science -- that for every science discovery, religion loses points. Not surprising, a lot of the people who believe that religion and science is in competition with each other are often hypocrites -- they preach about Christians being close-minded while, in turn, they attack other Christians by questioning their beliefs. Some Atheists might say that they are genuinely trying to figure out how someone can bring themselves to believe in something so extreme. We all know the answer to the question because Atheists have been asking the same questions for hundreds, maybe thousands, of years. There is *probably* not going to be someone, A Christian for example, that can provide hard evidence to support their belief that a Christian God exists. Yet when a Christian mentions faith/belief in something without having any credible evidence and only a book to quote, an Atheist might continue the "questions" until someone gets upset. An Atheist might call a Christian "ignorant" for not having an answer and/or the denial of the possibility of God not existing, while a Christian might call an Atheist an "asshole" because...well...why the hell does it matter?  If there was any hard evidence to support the existence of God, it probably would've been mentioned by now in the news.

  If an Atheist is going to question a religious person already knowing the answer to the question, I believe that those Atheists are bad representations of an Atheist. A true Atheist will not believe in the existence of God and nothing more. They will not have the objective to try and prove people wrong, try to claim that they're more intelligent simply because they support science more than they support a religion, or anything to represent superiority over an idea or concept. They'll let Christians believe whatever they want, stand up when an individual questions their beliefs, but does not force his/her opinion down a religious person's throat. I'd expect the same treatment from the Christian who judges people based on certain attributes, and forcing their beliefs down someone else's throats. The arguments are almost completely pointless because nothing gets accomplished. Who said that God didn't create science? What if we are to find out how the Earth was created, but it was set in motion by God? Who created God? We could ask so many questions that are often repetitively asked during debates, but it all boils down to...we will probably never know the truth. And that's why I consider myself an Agnostic Theist because I believe that it's the most realistic approach. I believe in God, but I have no way of knowing whether He actually exists or not. I can't provide any proof, any evidence to support my belief -- I simply believe in God because I know that life is very complex when we get down to specifics, and I just feel that there is some sort of supernatural power out there. Do I not support science just because I believe in God? Of course not. I'm interested in science discoveries. I'm open-minded to the possibility of there not being a God, but I will never know the truth. I can only go by what I believe, and that's why I don't consider myself religious, nor do I consider myself an Atheist. To think that there's a competition between science and religion is ignorant because both are treated differently. Stop the nonsense on BOTH SIDES because we all die. What happens after death is something that we may only know when we die. We'll never know the truth about whether there is a God or not because we can prove many things in life but we can't disprove the existence of God. Believe what you wanna believe, and fuck what other people think.

   

   

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