GodI have always seen myself as an atheist. The topic of religion has always been subjected to much debate in my mind, late into the night, where i soliloquize silently at the keyboard. And because Christianity seems to always crop up, especially since i was in ACJC, i have tried to accept the concepts that they teach, that they preach, that they tell. They say it is the Truth. But i have struggle to accept it.I remember blogging about it a few years back. And my friend's friend actually wrote back a reply. Which i don't remember, except that i remembered finding fallacies in his argument back, and that it still didn't convince me of anything. For the past year, there was somehow a change in my thinking. I might have matured, or might have been more open to more unearthly concepts. I no longer see myself as an atheist. I tell people that I am, but what i truly am is that i am an agnostic. I do not believe in religion. But the more i think about the alternative evolutionary concept, i think there are flaws that doesn't really answer questions too. I see religion as a necessary aspect of society. We humans ultimately look somewhere for hope, especially in times of crisis. I can say i myself succumb to this, especially in certain dark times. I break down, and i pray. With an uncertain heart, i look for any form of hope that will pull me through. And it is this hope that a number of people turn to religion. They offer safety, peace, companionship. Friends. You sink yourself into it, and you experience the joy of being religious. It comes to me as no surprise that religious people often live longer. With something to believe in, they are happier than the rest of us. In times of need, they turn to their religion, and they pray. They feel slightly more secured than the rest of us, atheist and agnostics. But i do not want to become religious because of this fact. I believe I am right when i say that there are plenty of people who join a certain religion not because they believe in its concepts and teachings, but purely because it is fun. They might enjoy the feeling of being together with other like minded people, and slowly come to accept the teachings that they are taught. And so i remain, alone, confused and lost. Evolution is a nice concept to think about. It explains alot of things, like how we came about, from emptiness to something. The past me would confidently say that we came about through chance. We are just here in all randomness. We have absolutely no purpose at all. It is a bitter pill to swallow. A sad and bitter pill to chew on. Evolution does explain the multitude of species that might have come about, the famous example being the finches found in the Galapagos Islands. It seems to be a fantastic theory to have explained how the finches actually adapted so quickly, to their different respective environment. Admittedly, it is hard to refute it. But it does not explain full evolution. Humans have a missing link in the evolutionary pathway. I cannot remember offhand, but till this date, it has not been found. It does not explain how complex organs, like the eye can come about. It is the argument that religion uses against evolution. Reading on it, i dont buy both arguments. Religion basically says that how can some so complex come out from evolution? But science rebuke them, saying that why would God create something that can easily be damaged? Scientist think that a creature might have developed a light sensitive patch, that might have given the creature a slight advantage. And evolution goes on from there. So let's say we accept it. That mutation is for the better. Then why is there never a case of mutation for the better? Evolution always show that mutations are good, but there are a million other cases of mutation being bad. A slight mutation would cause a person to die, to be defect, retarded. Though there is a fighting case for humans in Malaria infested countries, though it still doesnt ensure survival. If i dont remember my biology wrongly, half of the people can still be born susceptible to Malaria. One dies from malaria, the other from blood anemia. If evolution is essentially to ensure the survival of a species, it seems to be 50% effective. Which is curious. So does God actually exist? Interestingly, God's Debris gave a fascinating view. We tend to associate a human personality with God. That they have a moral viewpoint. The book however, points out that God, being omnipotent, would have no use for such morality, would have no need to right or wrong. What is right and what is wrong to God anyways? To us, the crudest meaning would be right would be something that makes us feel good. Wrong would be things that make us feel bad. To an all powerful God, he knows everything. And nothing can make him feel bad. Cause he is all powerful. I suspect he doesnt really have feelings in the first place. Because God is pure. He is perfect. If he isnt, then he isnt all powerful. So being perfect, he is contented. What would his motivation be then? Why would he want to create humans? Why would he design the universe? He can see everything, and so nothing is a challenge to him. Though the book states one thing. That the only challenge is to kill himself. How do you kill an omnipotent being? That would be his only motivation. Thus the book title, God's Debris. We are all remnants of a dead God. More another day. Justin ranted at 12:14:00 am on the |