(December 14, 2011 at 5:23 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:(December 14, 2011 at 5:02 pm)goodcake Wrote: If you think a god is pointless/ridculous, outline your reasons for thinking so
1: There is no evidence for a god or gods
2: Everything that is attributed to god or gods has other explanations that better describe the observable universe.
3: The idea of god was obviously a primitive try at explaining the world by people ignorant of the facts. most of the first part of genesis is just a sort of 'just so' story,(google rudyard kipling if you dont know what these are).
4: The idea of an after life is just wishfull thinking that has no scientific basis in fact.
5: There is no reason to think that anything 'supernatural' exists ouside of wishfull thinking or fear.
6: The ability of man to self delude is well documented.
7: there are so many contradictory faiths. (my wife is a spiritualist whose beliefs are completely different to your beliefs but are just as real to her as yours are to you, so eiher you are wrong she is wrong or both of you are wrong, I vote for the latter).
Reason enough for me.
