RE: I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God?
February 5, 2016 at 9:43 am
(This post was last modified: February 5, 2016 at 9:49 am by Fidel_Castronaut.)
(February 5, 2016 at 9:39 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: I liked the article. I can relate to the author. I understand what she says. She's perfectly rational about it. She's appears to be an atheist and doesn't mischaracterize atheism as some here have hinted that she does.
Quote:Why on God's green earth is the human brain wired for faith when our development is the result of purely evolutionary processes with no supreme being involved at all?(Emphasis mine.)
Here you answered your own question.
Quote:Is it possible that God gave us brains that are pre-wired for receptivity to His existence to make it easier for us to believe in Him?
Categorically not.
I liked the article too. Whilst I can't empathise (I've never believed in a deity and never had the 'feeling' for lack of a better word that gods existed) with her I can sympathise and understand it.