Reasons To Believe There May Be No God
By dravenwriter
@dravenwriter (232)
March 17, 2007 11:04pm CST
The ideas of a deity, life after death, reincarnation, etc. do not fit in with my view of the universe. The universe consists of matter and energy, and while we are ignorant about how the vast majority of the universe actually works, everything can be explained in terms of physical phenomenon as long as we are smart enough to do so.
Please see this article for my views on materialism and how it relates to why the supernatural is assumed in cases where we are ignorant: http://www.helium.com/tm/157134
In my humble opinion, religious doctrine and dogma of all kinds are obviously the work of humankind. I believe the majority of the people who created these did so with good intentions, and have provided a good body of history and valuable teachings. There are also components that are clearly self-serving.
Draven the Respectful Atheist
http://dravenwriter.blogspot.com
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@dravenwriter (232)
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18 Mar 07
Ah, I agree with some of what you said, Azrayel. More specifically, I believe that religious doctrine and dogma come primarily from a socio-cultural set of values that most people subscribe to. In many ways, religious writings that have good intent are the "common sense" morality that are usually passed around through informal communication. They are a more formal method of communicating. I also have no issue with religious teachings that provide value through this method of formal education. There are many teachings I object to however, which blatantly go against a sociological moral imperative in favor of selfish or jealous imperative held by the people who wrote them.
I've written several articles on this, here are a few:
Being Good Versus Being Religious
http://www.helium.com/tm/206355
Good without God: Secular humanism and morality
http://www.helium.com/tm/215138
Draven the Respectful Atheist
http://dravenwriter.blogspot.com
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@Chiang_Mai_boy (3882)
• Thailand
19 Mar 07
Can you prove that there is no God, I can't. That being said I can also not prove there is no Zeus although common sense tells me there is not. The whole problem revolves around proving that something that, demonstratively, does not exist becomes quite difficult if it doesn't exist. Why do people complicate things that are really simple by injecting the supernatural when no supernatural explanation is needed?
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@dravenwriter (232)
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19 Mar 07
It seems we are a similar wavelength. Check out my response on myLot about the question of proving or disproving god:
http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/857502.aspx
Draven the Respectful Atheist
http://dravenwriter.blogspot.com
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@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
25 Mar 07
These concepts were created to comfort those who were sick and dying or to explain away something that had no readily available explanation. I think religion was created as the sort of coverall explanation for everything. The physical laws of matter and energy are constant, but centuries ago no one understood any of these concepts so to maintain order and control you create the catch all solution called god and expand on the concept as needed. Now centuries later as concepts are being explained rationally and religion is being erroded they rely on blind obedience.
@ballerina (56)
• India
22 Mar 07
You talk in terms of energy and phenomenon where does this energy rest or where does it go or flow.How do phenomenas take place. It is the scientific way for the explaination of the existance of god.We are ignorant yes to the state that we are absolutely blind.What seers have revealed to us is their truths if we read them we'll not understand, if we try to practise them we are not going to get the experiences that they had we cannot become them.Truth revealed to us is our truth and we can relate to that truth but by reading we gain knowledge and knowledge will give us the life line to begin our quest to find our god , to find our truth......................
@dravenwriter (232)
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22 Mar 07
Perhaps I am being dense, but I've read your post several times and I can not nail down exactly what your point is, or understand fully the questions you raise. Perhaps you can elaborate? Thank you!
Draven the Respectful Atheist
http://dravenwriter.blogspot.com
