I think I get you now, I'm interested in this for two reasons - there has been a very good documentary series on BBC Four recently called "The History of Disbelief" which discussed a lot of the issues about religion and atheism, there's a site about the program at http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/atheism.shtml which features a quiz.
The second reason is that I am a Buddhist, which is an odd religion in many ways but especially in that there is no belief in a creator. In fact the existence of one seems to be incompatible with the idea of Dependant Arising, which is central to the Buddha's teachings. It's a bit of a tough one to explain quickly, but basically it's that all that we think of as "things" exist only as the result of other things, and that nothing inherently exists. That�s as clear as mud reading it back, if you are interested I'll try to explain it better tomorrow when I haven't been working for 12 hours. -----Original Message----- From: G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 November 2004 16:29 To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Atheism (was: Re: Spam gets religion) No, it's not that argument at all. Complexity isn't a sign of God. My mortgage process was complex, and I can say with complete certainty that God had nothing to do with my re-fi. Jim Campbell's response was very interesting. I think his implication that maybe the idea of "creation" can't be known by us at this time is interesting. I think i'm willing to submit that something outside of my understanding, and maybe human understanding period, prompted creation as we understand it. I think i'm willing to refer to this process or being or event or whatever....as God. Takes all that religious stuff away...but still leaves me with a belief in a "God". > That sounds like the universe is so complex it must have been designed > argument, there is something on it here: > > http://www.infidels.org/news/atheism/arguments.html#design > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137728 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
