I'm thoroughly convinced that it's completely possible that every form of existence ever within possibility is simultaneously existent and at the same time nonexistent; and that our perception of space-time and representation of sameness between people is extremely flawed. This would mean that all beliefs, religious and otherwise would at the same time be both true and false. This form of thinking necessitates the existence of both a designer and chance in the purported laws of nature, and our perception of existence is a chaotic system which has failed as a result of both religion and the scientific process. Our need to know about our existence has impaired both our knowledge and our existence. I also think that it's wrong to define God by any sort of right-or-wrong standard because it hinders belief, possibility, and knowledge and skews morality. I think that this is where religion has failed. I also think that if God is perfectly flawless and the Creator of everything, he has created the world the way he wants it and to behave in a manner which we believe he wishes us to or to pray for things to be different than they are or will be is futile.
To illustrate this: I think the fact that The Universe revolves around the Earth in such a way as to make it appear that the Earth is spinning and rotating on a course around the sun is evidence of a very crafty designer. I think the fact that both Quakers and Scientologists coexist simultaneously is proof that if God exists, He either doesn't have a chosen group of followers or has a very sick sense of humor. I think that if God is all-powerful, all-knowing, and omnipresent, He has the ability to change himself and His own existence, and knows when and how it would be responsible to do so. Most religions consider Him to have the attributes of a bipolar tweenager. The frequency with which atheists point out the 'absurdity' of religious beliefs based on a 'lack of evidence' appears to be somewhat analogous to the amount of times religious people praise God for things they didn't think that they wanted. If there does exist a right and wrong interpretation of God, given the amount of different existing beliefs, the statistical likelihood that any one of our beliefs is correct is so incredibly low as to be practically negated.
*Note that this is not, by far, an argument against prayer in itself; as the present existence of prayer by others would be an obvious contradiction to my argument, but rather more of a justification for why I do not pray.
ReplyDeleteI recall at this moment the immortal words of both Popeye and Forrest Gump who said "I am what I am" and "...that's all I have to say about that."