tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048229334858323343.post5891058339749209347..comments2024-03-09T08:58:57.961-05:00Comments on Everything is Interesting: In search of God and a half pound of chopped meatJulie H. Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18370626312151913595noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048229334858323343.post-28931387282273348642008-05-31T16:57:00.000-04:002008-05-31T16:57:00.000-04:00John, I am not an anti-theist. The prefix a- serv...John, I am not an anti-theist. The prefix a- serves perfectly well, as I do not believe in a god/gods. This is the literal meaning. I am not opposed to others believing whatever they want to believe. <BR/><BR/>Though it has been pointed out that there is no way to prove a negative, this doesn't rule out that it is indeed a deduction that god/s do not exist. Where is the evidence? Only in the minds of human beings. <BR/><BR/>One does not, hopefully, "believe" in science. One "knows" science. Belief implies a leap of faith: eg. "I believe in Santa Claus". Well, one has never seen this fellow, but one believes the myth. If I met a man who ran a workshop of elves at the North Pole, I would know that he does, indeed, exist. <BR/><BR/>Personally, I don't find arguing for or against the existence of god/s to be of importance to me. I will, on the other hand, argue about how religion influences our politics, schools and social/civiic lives. <BR/><BR/>So, I am not "arguing" with you. Thank you for reading, and remember this if you read any more: I am more akin to a comedian than an intellectual! Take what I write with a large grain of salt.Julie H. Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18370626312151913595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048229334858323343.post-75847564857716424982008-05-31T16:31:00.000-04:002008-05-31T16:31:00.000-04:00Hi, Julie.(D.F. linked to your blog.)Perhaps there...Hi, Julie.<BR/>(D.F. linked to your blog.)<BR/>Perhaps there's a median, some universal intelligence which people over time have mistakenly labelled a god (and added properties to it).<BR/>I was an antitheist most of my life ("atheists" lack theism of either type, = or -; they "don't care"; antitheists actively oppose), and then some years ago I ran into Quantum Mechanics with its inherent "nonlocality."<BR/>What you find in the religious books (Bible, Qu'Ran, etc.) is myth and legend mixed with a bit of history. What you find in science is much less dismissible.<BR/>Maybe the "universal intelligence" --if it exists-- doesn't act as the religions claim it does, but instead merely influences, in a very small manner.<BR/>Maybe it doesn't exist at all.<BR/>But to keep a 'scientific' attitude, antitheism (what most people mislabel as atheism) is a decision, not a deduction.<BR/><BR/>JBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com