Somethings been bothering me since I got here but I couldn't quite figure out what it was. I'm starting to realise as I read the atheist's posts that the thing bothering me is me. Because I am just like you guys.
Heres the problem;
We are too non-chalant(sp?) about this whole "existence" thing.
We are so caught up in this 'battle' with the theists that we are cheapening the truely mysterious nature of the universe. We seem scared to admit anything is wierd about it because we fear it will be a segue for the theists to say "god did it" again. I'm proposing we forget about them and start arguing with eachother, they really aren't worth the restrictions we are putting on ourselves.
Ok I'm getting a bit dramatic here but it is a problem.
We are so jaded. I'm not saying I would have prefered the mystery and ignorance that shrouded peoples minds in the dark ages but we are becoming cold and sterile for no reason. Science is giving us answers but not really, its giving us the instruction manual on the mechanics of reality but it doesn't really explain anything more. Just because there was a big bang doesn't mean there was just a big bang if you know what I mean. If I used the methods used to describe the big bang to describe you, YOU would sound like an event.
I'm saying the standard scientific view is all so mechanical and sterile. It explains everything and nothing all at the same time.
I know what you are thinking, I'm having some kind of life-crisis or something but no, its more than that. I'm not thinking about myself, I don't care about an afterlife or a god, this has nothing to do with that, I'm not dying and even if I was I wouldn't wimp out like that. This is about the universe with or without my conscious mind.
I just think we are being flagrantly shortsighted in thinking a logical explanation is a finished piece of work.
Heres the problem;
We are too non-chalant(sp?) about this whole "existence" thing.
We are so caught up in this 'battle' with the theists that we are cheapening the truely mysterious nature of the universe. We seem scared to admit anything is wierd about it because we fear it will be a segue for the theists to say "god did it" again. I'm proposing we forget about them and start arguing with eachother, they really aren't worth the restrictions we are putting on ourselves.
Ok I'm getting a bit dramatic here but it is a problem.
We are so jaded. I'm not saying I would have prefered the mystery and ignorance that shrouded peoples minds in the dark ages but we are becoming cold and sterile for no reason. Science is giving us answers but not really, its giving us the instruction manual on the mechanics of reality but it doesn't really explain anything more. Just because there was a big bang doesn't mean there was just a big bang if you know what I mean. If I used the methods used to describe the big bang to describe you, YOU would sound like an event.
I'm saying the standard scientific view is all so mechanical and sterile. It explains everything and nothing all at the same time.
I know what you are thinking, I'm having some kind of life-crisis or something but no, its more than that. I'm not thinking about myself, I don't care about an afterlife or a god, this has nothing to do with that, I'm not dying and even if I was I wouldn't wimp out like that. This is about the universe with or without my conscious mind.
I just think we are being flagrantly shortsighted in thinking a logical explanation is a finished piece of work.