are Religious people mentally Ill?

applejack
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:47:34 +0000

In the case of God, we’ve gotten all the facts we’re going to get, so I think a conclusion is in order.



We just invented the engine about 100 years ago. We figured out the computer within the last 50. We still rely on oil! We haven’t stepped foot on ONE planet beside our own. All those billions of stars in the sky are not planets. They’re suns, many with dozens of planets surrounding them just like our’s.

We are primates who have hardly scratched the surface of knowledge. My only claim is that we don’t know. I don’t put the burden of proof on others any more than I do myself. But I am willing to admit that:

a) I don’t know - and neither do you.

b) I have had MANY experiences in the physical world that have absolutely shattered beyond any shadow of a doubt assumptions projected as fact by scientists and those who defend science as if it’s answered all of our questions.

We will never prove whether or not there is a God. The point is that there is a very good chance we will prove that it doesn’t matter whether or not there is a God. We will probably be able to achieve everything and more attributed to various gods throughout history via science.

We just can’t get stuck in a materialist worldview, assume we have all the answers, and stop searching. I don’t know why my stance causes so much derision. It is the foundation of scientific principle to keep asking questions.