It is a truth that absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
There is no evidence for the existence of gods, but that doesn’t mean that gods do not exist.
But how long do we wait to decide that there really are no gods?
Humans have been making claims for gods for thousands of years and in all that time no one has seen or detected one. Isn’t it reasonable to conclude that after all this time there should have been at least a tiny scrap of evidence that shows that a god might exist? But there isn’t anything.
But think where did the idea of gods come from? It wasn’t from observation but from false explanations of unknown phenomena. E.g. why does the sun rise every day – it must be the act of a god, etc, etc. These superstitions have prevailed or evolved to this day and the ideas that gods must exist have become so entrenched into our culture that it is difficult for many to come to terms with the conclusion that gods are just imaginative human fantasies and have no connection with reality.
So with any imaginative fantasies like fairies, leprechauns, unicorns, etc., gods simply come under the exact same category. In the same way we accept that fairies do not exist then we should accept on an equal basis that gods do not exist. Claims for their existence simply defy credibility.
So it is not so much that I hate Christianity but more the whole irrational process that gives rise to all religions. Christianity is only an issue for me because it is pushed in my face so much.
So I am eager to see the end to all religions and especially Christianity, so we can move on and create a more rational and useful set of cultures.
Supernatural gods of any type have never been shown to exist, are the creations purely of human fantasies and I choose to believe and run my life accepting that they do not exist. So Christianity is a pure waste of time.
Cris
There is no evidence for the existence of gods, but that doesn’t mean that gods do not exist.
But how long do we wait to decide that there really are no gods?
Humans have been making claims for gods for thousands of years and in all that time no one has seen or detected one. Isn’t it reasonable to conclude that after all this time there should have been at least a tiny scrap of evidence that shows that a god might exist? But there isn’t anything.
But think where did the idea of gods come from? It wasn’t from observation but from false explanations of unknown phenomena. E.g. why does the sun rise every day – it must be the act of a god, etc, etc. These superstitions have prevailed or evolved to this day and the ideas that gods must exist have become so entrenched into our culture that it is difficult for many to come to terms with the conclusion that gods are just imaginative human fantasies and have no connection with reality.
So with any imaginative fantasies like fairies, leprechauns, unicorns, etc., gods simply come under the exact same category. In the same way we accept that fairies do not exist then we should accept on an equal basis that gods do not exist. Claims for their existence simply defy credibility.
So it is not so much that I hate Christianity but more the whole irrational process that gives rise to all religions. Christianity is only an issue for me because it is pushed in my face so much.
So I am eager to see the end to all religions and especially Christianity, so we can move on and create a more rational and useful set of cultures.
Supernatural gods of any type have never been shown to exist, are the creations purely of human fantasies and I choose to believe and run my life accepting that they do not exist. So Christianity is a pure waste of time.
Cris