RE: An atheists guide to reality
March 8, 2014 at 11:07 am
(This post was last modified: March 8, 2014 at 11:10 am by *Deidre*.)
Well said, whateverist!
During the Paleolithic time period, archaeologists have suggested that people of that time practiced a form of religion. In part, this brought order to "society," but it shows that mankind has an insatiable appetite for filling in the gaps of what it lacks in knowledge and reason with "God."
I find this both perplexing and comforting at the same time.
Perplexing in that why are we not satisfied with the life before us? Why must we concoct a "Divine Ruler" over us to "make sense" of life?
Comforting in that perhaps this is an innate quality of mankind's subconscious, the desire to create its own answers to problems where natural explanations (science) has not yet answered.
Seems to me we would live far more productive lives if we focused on how to improve the here and now than casting our gaze off into "another world" of our own imaginations. Scary to note, wars have been fought, blood shed, and bigotry racism and a whole host of negative things have been spawned from "religion."
No one needs it. I lived in a "pseudo-reality" for years as a Christian. Reality as it IS, complete with its boredom and struggles at times, is a far better experience.
During the Paleolithic time period, archaeologists have suggested that people of that time practiced a form of religion. In part, this brought order to "society," but it shows that mankind has an insatiable appetite for filling in the gaps of what it lacks in knowledge and reason with "God."
I find this both perplexing and comforting at the same time.
Perplexing in that why are we not satisfied with the life before us? Why must we concoct a "Divine Ruler" over us to "make sense" of life?
Comforting in that perhaps this is an innate quality of mankind's subconscious, the desire to create its own answers to problems where natural explanations (science) has not yet answered.
Seems to me we would live far more productive lives if we focused on how to improve the here and now than casting our gaze off into "another world" of our own imaginations. Scary to note, wars have been fought, blood shed, and bigotry racism and a whole host of negative things have been spawned from "religion."
No one needs it. I lived in a "pseudo-reality" for years as a Christian. Reality as it IS, complete with its boredom and struggles at times, is a far better experience.
