RE: FallentoReason 2.0
December 16, 2012 at 1:50 am
(This post was last modified: December 16, 2012 at 1:51 am by Gambit.)
I tried on atheism for a day and then went back to being a deist, for lack of a better description. I personally put it down to my inability to know everything; which, as it happens, just doesn't sit well with me. I'm arrogant enough to believe that I deserve all the answers, but, in lieu of that, I'm happy to believe that there just has to have been some sort of creator.
My reasoning is thus: I don't understand how there's a "before time". Take the singularity, for example. If it created the universe then it must have been in motion, which requires time to mark its progression. However, we're led to believe that before the big bang event there was no time. This is one of those points where perhaps my understanding of the science fails me.
Second: Matter being born from nothing. I don't get how something can come from nothing. Therefore, to me, something outside of the laws of nature - an entity that we'll call god - is the only thing that can circumvent this rule. This entity, being outside of the laws of nature, doesn't have to follow the argument of infinite regression.
Like many theists, I also see a creator in everything. This, perhaps, comes down to the fact that all my personal skills revolve around creating. I'm interested in art, writing, music etc.
I'm happy to describe myself as a deist. Contrary to what many people may think, it doesn't come with any baggage. I am happy to wonder at what could be, as well as wondering at what we know already and what is still to be revealed through the pursuit of scientific study.
My reasoning is thus: I don't understand how there's a "before time". Take the singularity, for example. If it created the universe then it must have been in motion, which requires time to mark its progression. However, we're led to believe that before the big bang event there was no time. This is one of those points where perhaps my understanding of the science fails me.
Second: Matter being born from nothing. I don't get how something can come from nothing. Therefore, to me, something outside of the laws of nature - an entity that we'll call god - is the only thing that can circumvent this rule. This entity, being outside of the laws of nature, doesn't have to follow the argument of infinite regression.
Like many theists, I also see a creator in everything. This, perhaps, comes down to the fact that all my personal skills revolve around creating. I'm interested in art, writing, music etc.
I'm happy to describe myself as a deist. Contrary to what many people may think, it doesn't come with any baggage. I am happy to wonder at what could be, as well as wondering at what we know already and what is still to be revealed through the pursuit of scientific study.
