On 11/1/13, 9:06 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/1/2013 8:51 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 11/1/13, 8:42 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/1/2013 8:32 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:


Gotta love the hypocrisy of "religious Republicans." Many support
the right to carry assault weapons and are pro-war, and ignore the fact
that the New Testament depicts their savior as a liberal who was
against capitalism and violence.

Ahh, religion.




Thus you are "agnostic"?

With exception of a few Bible thumping extremist sects, modern thinking
regarding religion, even among the faithful, is not like it was in the
14th and 15th centuries.



I'm agnostic because I have little use for superstition beyond the tooth
fairy, the easter bunny, and santa claus.

I've read and seen news videos of modern christians spewing hatred at
those who believe differently. Muslims do it too, of course. What is
modern thinking among the faithful, that superstition still has a place
in rationality?

I can accept "on faith" that among the zillions of planets out there,
there are some providing homes to civilizations of beings who are as
intelligent or far more intelligent than we are. The numbers of planets
favor such a belief. I can't prove it, but I can accept it.

I can't think of one proof that proves the existence of a supreme being.







Where did the zillions of planets come from?

Just a comment. I've swung around to believing in the theories of
either spontaneous creation due to physics or the concept that relative
to our primitive understanding of time, the universe has simply always
existed.

Determining the answer is above my pay grade.


I can accept the "event" of The Big Bang as the progenitor of the
universe, which incorporates your spontaneous creation thought. Beyond
that, I don't know, and so far as I know, neither does anyone else with
any certainty. That doesn't mean I think a "creator" was involved.


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