Why I don't believe is because when I look at the universe, I not only am awed by it, I also wish to know and understand it. So I cannot just give credit to a magic sky daddy without proof and call it quits.
When I look at this watery planet, when I look at the creatures on this piece of rock, I see the beautiful product of many accidents which could not have been preplanned or designed. There are too many flaws in our "design" to think we are anything but accidents. And I am not too inclined to believe that a dumb designer triggered a series of accidents leading to our design, when much more plausible explanations exist.
When I look at this tiny planet circling a giant gas ball, and then when I turn to look around the universe and see that so called "giant" ball is pretty invisible when compared to some of the behemoths out there, I realize how tiny and insignificant we are in this universe, and to think we are important enough to actually be specifically designed in such a vast and wonderful place would be the height of arrogance and stupidity.
Even for a religious person, claiming a particular god created us is actually disrespectful. If you see a beautiful painting, and then just give credit for that painting to any random person, it would be extremely disrespectful to the actual artist. Similarly, even if you think there is a designer, you and nobody on earth knows anything about this so called designer, so worshipping a random sky-daddy and giving him credit without knowing things for sure is very bad. Science is trying to find the truth, religion is sitting on it's ass pretending to know the truth.
When I look at this watery planet, when I look at the creatures on this piece of rock, I see the beautiful product of many accidents which could not have been preplanned or designed. There are too many flaws in our "design" to think we are anything but accidents. And I am not too inclined to believe that a dumb designer triggered a series of accidents leading to our design, when much more plausible explanations exist.
When I look at this tiny planet circling a giant gas ball, and then when I turn to look around the universe and see that so called "giant" ball is pretty invisible when compared to some of the behemoths out there, I realize how tiny and insignificant we are in this universe, and to think we are important enough to actually be specifically designed in such a vast and wonderful place would be the height of arrogance and stupidity.
Even for a religious person, claiming a particular god created us is actually disrespectful. If you see a beautiful painting, and then just give credit for that painting to any random person, it would be extremely disrespectful to the actual artist. Similarly, even if you think there is a designer, you and nobody on earth knows anything about this so called designer, so worshipping a random sky-daddy and giving him credit without knowing things for sure is very bad. Science is trying to find the truth, religion is sitting on it's ass pretending to know the truth.
Quote:To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.
- Lau Tzu
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