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Speaking of being honest with ourselves, there is also zero evidence for the absence of God. So far, there's no signs of this being a debate rooted in physical

Speaking of being honest with ourselves, there is also zero evidence for the absence of God. So far, there's no signs of this being a debate rooted in physical evidence, it's a philosophical question.

teekert 9y ago
Oh come on. What if you'd wipe our collective memories but retain our scientific equipment and skills? You'd look at our DNA and see how it matches and differs from other species, you'll start to see that you can build a sort of tree of life from the data gathered. You will find evidence of common ancestry in all species. You will find that DNA can change for better or worse and that if it changes for the better, survival chances are increased. Over the ages this slow process affects entire populations. And when you look to the sky afterwards, you will see that everything is moving away from us and you must honestly conclude that some 14 billion years ago everything was pretty close together. If, at that point someone would show up with a book as his only proof, saying that the world was made in 7 days by an all knowing being and that there are angels, a heaven and a hell and that dinosaurs might have lived within the last 6000 years... how do you think such a story would be received? And what if there were three individuals who have roughly the same book until the story mentions an individual name Abraham. After that the story splits and focuses on different individuals. None of them agree with each other on how to deal with women, live your life or even on what god expects of you. The only reason these stories have survived into this day and age is because we corrupt the logic of little children to such an extent that when someone mentions the earth is 4 billions years old it just feels very wrong to them and then these kids transfer their thoughts and feelings to their children, etc. The entire idea of christian children is as sick as saying there are garbage collector children or lawyer children. Yet we have no qualms about labeling children in this way. Because that is how it has always been. And even if you want to play the "there is no evidence against god"-card I'd point the atrocities of the old testament, the lack of reponse to the prayers of children with cancer, the complete neglect of all the misery in the world. This alone would make the Christian god not one I'd want to meet and I sincerely hope he or she doesn't exist.

teekert 9y ago

Oh come on. What if you'd wipe our collective memories but retain our scientific equipment and skills? You'd look at our DNA and see how it matches and differs from other species, you'll start to see that you can build a sort of tree of life from the data gathered. You will find evidence of common ancestry in all species. You will find that DNA can change for better or worse and that if it changes for the better, survival chances are increased. Over the ages this slow process affects entire populations. And when you look to the sky afterwards, you will see that everything is moving away from us and you must honestly conclude that some 14 billion years ago everything was pretty close together. If, at that point someone would show up with a book as his only proof, saying that the world was made in 7 days by an all knowing being and that there are angels, a heaven and a hell and that dinosaurs might have lived within the last 6000 years... how do you think such a story would be received? And what if there were three individuals who have roughly the same book until the story mentions an individual name Abraham. After that the story splits and focuses on different individuals. None of them agree with each other on how to deal with women, live your life or even on what god expects of you. The only reason these stories have survived into this day and age is because we corrupt the logic of little children to such an extent that when someone mentions the earth is 4 billions years old it just feels very wrong to them and then these kids transfer their thoughts and feelings to their children, etc. The entire idea of christian children is as sick as saying there are garbage collector children or lawyer children. Yet we have no qualms about labeling children in this way. Because that is how it has always been. And even if you want to play the "there is no evidence against god"-card I'd point the atrocities of the old testament, the lack of reponse to the prayers of children with cancer, the complete neglect of all the misery in the world. This alone would make the Christian god not one I'd want to meet and I sincerely hope he or she doesn't exist.