15th March 2003, 9:45 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Darunia
That's a very well thought-out concept, DJ, but I don't agree. Religion is just primitive man trying to explain things in nature. Atheists are far more abundant now than in the past. An atheist in medieval europe would've been lynched. I still have enough faith that one day, people who kneel and pray will realize that they're getting no response, and will gradually stop it. Humanity started without religion; it developed it as a tool to ease the transition from mindless ape into evolved human. Now that we're so far along, the tool seems as outmoded as a shoe wedge...it's still widely used, and technically serves a purpose, but who REALLY needs a show wedge.
Did that last thing make any sense...?
What's so bad about believing in a higher power that you believe it should be cut out entirely from civilization? Is it so wrong to believe that there is an all powerful God who created everything? Is it so wrong to believe that if we follow his teaching when we die we go to heaven? If you can believe that there is no God, why can't I believe that there is?
Sometimes you get the scorpion.