11th April 2003, 5:53 AM
Like I said, it's beyond our comprehension. I have my reasons for believing though. One such reason... what if it's true? If it's not true, then it doesn't matter if we're atheist, Christian, Jew, Muslim, Buddhist... we're all gonna die. However, if it's true, atheists are screwed. The only problem is... which one is true? That's the only thing that worries me. But my belief is that if God is as good as he is preached to be, he'd understand my dilemma. After all, it's not my fault he's isolating himself from society, leaving only a book as proof of his existance.
I have faith, but that doesn't mean I don't have doubts. It's perfectly normal for any religious person to have doubts. It's a possibility that someone just got bored one day and wrote the Bible, then passed it out as true. But what if the Bible is just another history textbook? It's written by many different people like you and me and that guy down the street. To me, believing that Jesus existed is like believing that George Washington, Christopher Columbus, Julius Caesar, and Genghis Khan existed. But there are still some mysteries yet to be uncovered... for example, who wrote the book of Genesis if no life existed back then? Did God himself write it? Did God explain the beginning to someone and that person wrote it? It's very confusing, but then again, how do we know that Julius Caesar was born in 100 BC? It's not like anyone who was around back then knew what year it was considering we didn't make the whole BC/AD year system until after Christ's birth. Did people just keep track of how long it had been since Caesar's birth? Most likely, it was just an estimate that he was born in 100 BC.
I really can't argue with other people over their religions. I have about as much proof that my religion is legitimate as they have that theirs is the real McCoy. I can't even prove that atheism is false. As such, I respect everyone's beliefs, but I have my own. Trying to figure the whole thing out is like trying to figure out how to find the square root of a 75-digit number without a calculator. :bang:
I have faith, but that doesn't mean I don't have doubts. It's perfectly normal for any religious person to have doubts. It's a possibility that someone just got bored one day and wrote the Bible, then passed it out as true. But what if the Bible is just another history textbook? It's written by many different people like you and me and that guy down the street. To me, believing that Jesus existed is like believing that George Washington, Christopher Columbus, Julius Caesar, and Genghis Khan existed. But there are still some mysteries yet to be uncovered... for example, who wrote the book of Genesis if no life existed back then? Did God himself write it? Did God explain the beginning to someone and that person wrote it? It's very confusing, but then again, how do we know that Julius Caesar was born in 100 BC? It's not like anyone who was around back then knew what year it was considering we didn't make the whole BC/AD year system until after Christ's birth. Did people just keep track of how long it had been since Caesar's birth? Most likely, it was just an estimate that he was born in 100 BC.
I really can't argue with other people over their religions. I have about as much proof that my religion is legitimate as they have that theirs is the real McCoy. I can't even prove that atheism is false. As such, I respect everyone's beliefs, but I have my own. Trying to figure the whole thing out is like trying to figure out how to find the square root of a 75-digit number without a calculator. :bang: