(December 31, 2011 at 9:42 am)aleialoura Wrote: I mean, just look at how they scramble to defend themselves! I think the original hypothesis hasn't been disproved, and we can think it a safe bet to be sure that theists are insecure. Especially Christians.
Like I said before, this isn't the way people behave when they're certain they are in possession of the truth.
Alan Watts wrote in a book called "The Wisdom of Insecurity" that it is the very attempt to attain security that leaves us feeling so insecure. Christians are a perfect example.
My complaint with most Christians is that they admit that faith is required to know God but then immediately abandon that faith for the certainty of the bible. I find they have no faith whatsoever in things unseen as they like to say. What they have is dead certainty that the answer to every question is in the damned bible.
Because I have faith I reject biblical certainty. Of course, I don't have any belief in their God. But I have faith that the universe is an amazing place and that sentience, however long it may last, is a precious gift. If you can't enjoy this moment an eternity of moments aren't going to be any better.
