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Must We Know Everything?

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Must We Know Everything?
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Must We Know Everything?
March 18, 2015 at 7:04 pm (This post was last modified: March 18, 2015 at 7:16 pm by Jenny A.)
I like to read popular science, but I know very little. I'm not a trained biologist, physicist, astronomer, etc. I read a lot of history, but I'm no recognized expert in any particular time period. I suspect that this describes many atheists and that there are many atheists who read even less.

What interests me is why theists think that knowing the origins of the universe, life, or humans matters to the question of whether there is a god. Why is it that anyone would think that we don't know necessarily means there is a god?

I'm not exactly happy with "I don't know." But I'm not so uncomfortable with it, that I have to make up and answer to feel better.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god.  If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
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Must We Know Everything? - by Jenny A - March 18, 2015 at 7:04 pm
RE: Must We Know Everything? - by Silver - March 18, 2015 at 7:09 pm
RE: Must We Know Everything? - by Ravenshire - March 18, 2015 at 7:14 pm
RE: Must We Know Everything? - by Minimalist - March 18, 2015 at 8:13 pm
RE: Must We Know Everything? - by abentwookie - March 18, 2015 at 10:22 pm
RE: Must We Know Everything? - by Napoléon - March 18, 2015 at 10:46 pm
RE: Must We Know Everything? - by Dystopia - March 18, 2015 at 10:55 pm
RE: Must We Know Everything? - by Thumpalumpacus - March 18, 2015 at 10:59 pm
RE: Must We Know Everything? - by Anomalocaris - March 19, 2015 at 12:32 am
RE: Must We Know Everything? - by Jenny A - March 19, 2015 at 12:34 am
RE: Must We Know Everything? - by Surgenator - March 19, 2015 at 1:11 am
RE: Must We Know Everything? - by Thumpalumpacus - March 19, 2015 at 10:50 am
RE: Must We Know Everything? - by Cato - March 18, 2015 at 11:49 pm
RE: Must We Know Everything? - by Jenny A - March 18, 2015 at 11:56 pm
RE: Must We Know Everything? - by Cato - March 19, 2015 at 12:21 am
RE: Must We Know Everything? - by Fidel_Castronaut - March 19, 2015 at 3:57 am
RE: Must We Know Everything? - by Whateverist - March 19, 2015 at 1:59 am
RE: Must We Know Everything? - by Mudhammam - March 19, 2015 at 2:02 am
RE: Must We Know Everything? - by abaris - March 19, 2015 at 6:00 am
RE: Must We Know Everything? - by robvalue - March 19, 2015 at 7:37 am
RE: Must We Know Everything? - by Angrboda - March 19, 2015 at 12:13 pm
RE: Must We Know Everything? - by Clueless Morgan - March 19, 2015 at 5:07 pm
RE: Must We Know Everything? - by JuliaL - March 19, 2015 at 7:05 pm
RE: Must We Know Everything? - by Whateverist - March 19, 2015 at 8:40 pm
RE: Must We Know Everything? - by bennyboy - March 19, 2015 at 7:26 pm

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