Well put gruff! Also I believe that those beliefs lend themselves to much frustration for the believers when the reality appears in the form of nothing happening as a result of praying to imagination.
On Jan 23, 11:29 am, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > "... On Jan 23, 4:38 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: ... > " > > > I suspect, Gruff, that we atheists think we have been duped by God - > > and then on later reflection realise this might better be described as > > the "lying myths of origin of our societies and organisations". I > > even suspect we do not really disbelieve in God, but believe the > > concept is generally damaging and that other pragmatics work better. > > I don't think I've been duped by god. To me the concept of a god is > simply absurd and while I've been duped a time or two in my life by > absurd concepts, god is not one of them ... at least since I was about > twelve years old and maybe earlier than that. > > However, I do allow that the concept of and belief in a god has been > the mainstay of a large portion of humankind throughout our history, > but that does not say anything about the validity of such concepts and > beliefs. It is difficult to ignore a concept that has been the most > widely spread belief in human history, nor is it difficult to ignore > the wrongs that have been committed in the name of one god or > another. > > But to be brief, there is nothing in science that indicates the > existence of a god or gods, nor does the widespread belief and worship > of such gods prove their existence. I simply find it incredibly dense > that we continue to practice such beliefs and worship when it is > clearly up to us to solve our own messes. At least this attitude > beats the hell out of just accepting all the crap and making it from > one day to the next till we finally die on the promise of a heavenly > reward for our belief. I'm sorry but bah, humbug! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
