(April 21, 2014 at 1:22 am)MissionPossible Wrote: I have never believed in any god or gods. I do acknowledge the reality of various powers and systems such as nature with all of it's elements systems....science, man's "interface" with nature in progressive explorations.... the cycle of life and death....the force of time....
However, it has always bothered me that so many humans try to fit the complex powers of the universe into some form of god or gods and/or religious dogma and rituals in some pursuit of meaning, safety, security, and morality. That to me seems not only impossible, but a rather limiting and dysfunctional use of human capacities.
Part of the problem is that language is symbolic and thus never the thing that it stands for, which means that language is always limited. The real problem though, is that life and the complexities of the whole of existence is far beyond the powers of any individual or the whole of humanity. Maybe that is why some are so tempted to latch onto some concept of something called god or some collection of beings called gods. Humanity has the capacity for great exploration and creativity - the idea of god and gods flattens, chains, and renders impotent such powerful potential.
You are doing ok. by following what you believe best (Physical science and
other form of knowledge).
What i would suggest to you is not to worry so much whether God exist or not or what other people believe.
The system work in the same way as the white belt and the black belt in any form of martial art.
After some time you are a white belt you automatically wish to upgrade your skill again and again until you reach the very top.
At the moment you seem to be quite happy with the belt that you got.
Physical science make you content so why worry so much about what
is above or whether there is anything above.
The time will come when you will not be happy anymore with what you got so you will wish to upgrade your knowledge.
Let that time indicate to you what is above your current knowledge.
It always work in this way.
When the student is ready also the teacher is.