Reasonable People
Atheists and Christians appear to be incapable of being intellectually honest, because they can’t admit that when it comes to the existence of a Supreme Being they don’t “know.” Reasonable people recognize that no amount of scientific evidence can prove or disprove the existence of a creator.
Truth revealed through scripture is subjective truth predicated by one’s faith. Faith is the antithesis of skepticism and objective truth. Most religions blinds their followers to the role faith plays in perpetuating human conflict.
Logic suggests that a God would expect us to acquire vast amounts of objective information and make maximum use our ability to reason. Thus, we would be making use of the greatest gift a Supreme Being might bestowed upon mankind. Otherwise, we demonstrate a capacity not significantly greater than a flock of sheep.
Life experiences can lead one to doubt the existence of a Supreme Being, but I also understand that people of faith may have had life experiences, which lead them to an opposite conclusion. Nevertheless, it’s intellectually dishonest or at best a poor choice of words for one to insist that there is or isn’t a God. To suspect, to believe or have faith in either position is not a problem as far as I’m concerned, but for somebody to insist that they “know” there is or isn’t a God seems irrational to me.
Reasonable people recognize that spending $609 billion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is irrational and unsustainable. Furthermore, refusing to raise taxes on the wealthy elite of our county, who are making unconscionable profits is actually blatant pandering to a greedy constituency.
It was reasonable for Eisenhower to believe: “I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.”
Truth revealed through scripture is subjective truth predicated by one’s faith. Faith is the antithesis of skepticism and objective truth. Most religions blinds their followers to the role faith plays in perpetuating human conflict.
Logic suggests that a God would expect us to acquire vast amounts of objective information and make maximum use our ability to reason. Thus, we would be making use of the greatest gift a Supreme Being might bestowed upon mankind. Otherwise, we demonstrate a capacity not significantly greater than a flock of sheep.
Life experiences can lead one to doubt the existence of a Supreme Being, but I also understand that people of faith may have had life experiences, which lead them to an opposite conclusion. Nevertheless, it’s intellectually dishonest or at best a poor choice of words for one to insist that there is or isn’t a God. To suspect, to believe or have faith in either position is not a problem as far as I’m concerned, but for somebody to insist that they “know” there is or isn’t a God seems irrational to me.
Reasonable people recognize that spending $609 billion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is irrational and unsustainable. Furthermore, refusing to raise taxes on the wealthy elite of our county, who are making unconscionable profits is actually blatant pandering to a greedy constituency.
It was reasonable for Eisenhower to believe: “I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.”
posted by Jim O'Leary | 1:17 AM
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