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Post by Arlon10 on Mar 16, 2017 16:03:59 GMT
I suspect that many people are aware there was likely some "creator" or intelligent force involved in the successful establishment of life on Earth who nevertheless say they do not think there was. It's not so much that they're "lying" as it's that they really do not want to believe in a creator. Most of the atheists and agnostics that I know, including myself, do not really care one way or the other whether there is a creator. There are certainly some atheists/agnostics who strongly dislike the idea that the universe has a creator. I think Christopher Hitchens described at least the Christian God as a "cosmic dictator" or a "cosmic North Korea" or something along those lines (I'm not sure how he felt about non-interventionist, deistic deities; maybe he didn't find those so bad). But in my own experience, that kind of attitude is rare. Indeed, a lot of atheists/agnostics that I know say that they'd prefer it if there were a god. They find the idea of god comforting, but just don't see any reason to believe it. Yet again when atheists complain about religion it's "Christianity." That is not a religion. It does illustrate the point I made about how the art of religion is lost. Remember > The concept of religion most people have is of a "Christianity" that has no discipline at all and only exists to antagonize government that is the only thing keeping any order. That is of course a totally wrong view of religion. Religion is the foundation of good discipline, not government.
I think the overwhelming majority of atheists very much do not want there to be a creator. I think that has an effect on the others like you (if you are what you say). It makes it appear that "everyone scientific" doesn't see any reason to believe in a creator, and that isn't true. The evidence is very strong for an intelligent designer and has been for decades. I go so far as to say it's proved. |
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