Thread: Just a question for the atheists

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

So, you don't think people should have assumed the existence of the god of thunder before science explained lightning? If not, then why do you think people today should assume the god of the universe just because we don't have a full explanation of its source? I am not giving an opinion on going out and eradicating religion. That is a separate issue. I am asking why people should make such an assumption in the first place.

Religion at its heart is something designed to gives us answers for questions we don't have. I believe right now we lack the understanding to completely rule out God and embrace atheism(vice versa).

Sure science has helped us understand the world's lightning, sunsets, ect, but to explain the thing we call "everything" is far grander. I think Atheist like us all don't truly realize how small we are in the vastness of space. For all we know our universe could be the equivalent of a drop of water running down the side of a cave in a much larger world. Of course to us this would be our expanding universe, filled with particles we call planets. Of course nothing are alike-bear with me.

I choose to believe in Christianity because it gives me outlines of answers(call them false, whatever) that I don't believe will ever be explained. Other people believe in God(s) for many reasons, that's them. Lack of an introduction to science/acceptence isn't always what keeps people from "real world realities"

-Back to the thread's purpose. It wasn't my intention to have to explain why people believe in God. I just wanted to know whether or not an atheist believe science will become "true" science thus eliminating religion, and philosophy(yes I'm still stuck on this)

Originally Posted by NeoSioType

Religion at its heart is something designed to gives us answers for questions we don't have. I believe right now we lack the understanding to completely rule out God and embrace atheism(vice versa).

I don't completely rule out God. I just think it is a far fetched idea that is not supported.

Originally Posted by NeoSioType

Sure science has helped us understand the world's lightning, sunsets, ect, but to explain the thing we call "everything" is far grander.

It is grander, but the same type of principle is applied to it by theists.

Originally Posted by NeoSioType

I think Atheist like us all don't truly realize how small we are in the vastness of space. For all we know our universe could be the equivalent of a drop of water running down the side of a cave in a much larger world. Of course to us this would be our expanding universe, filled with particles we call planets. Of course nothing are alike-bear with me.

I am totally with you on our insignificance in the universe, but it has a lot to do with why I am an atheist. I don't think we are the biggest deal in the universe, like the Bible makes it sound like we are. I think we are virtually nothing.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=aQRYQMSmNoM

The only thing I have to say is the more we know the less room there is for religion and unfounded ideas.