amicus
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Thoughts on God (part one)
On a personal level I am appalled at the number of people, world wide, here in the 21st Century who claim a belief in God.
I have been an atheist from a very early age as I perceived the shallowness of church and Sunday school exhortations.
Later I came to think that my own ego got in the way in terms of submitting my very young ‘self’ to the will of God. I just could not do it and feel whole…I could not become part of a larger concept by sacrificing my own identity. If that makes sense to anyone outside my self.
In my college years and later…as a formal pursuit of understanding continued, I maintained the quest for truth but as with many others, found the total history of man, his religions and his philosophies, around the globe, to be contradictory, confusing and due to the sheer volume, a bit overwhelming.
Here on Literotica…there has been some of the best debate, discussion and presentation of views at all levels that I have ever witnessed and participated in.
Typical discussions on both religion and philosophy usually degenerate into closed reasoning, technical terms beyond the comprehension of most and the real killer of all intellectual pursuits; the insistence that ‘man’ cannot ‘know’ anything with any certainty. If you hold that position, then nothing said by anyone at any time in history is of any meaning…it becomes only ‘opinion’ no matter how well supported anecdotally by expressions of faith or logic.
I opened by saying I found it appalling that many still believe in God. I need to qualify that in a small way.
While I stipulate that every psychologically healthy human individual is born with a brain capable of reason and logic; I also conclude that most do not cultivate the use of the mind to a level required to think rationally.
I also observe/propose that the intellectual quotient of a large percentage of mankind is not sufficient to encompass conceptual abstractions wide enough to deal with questions of logic and reason.
As many on this forum have lovingly pointed out, I have adopted a ‘gender bias’ when cogitating on the differing natural qualities of male and female human critters. I am often amused at the vehemence of those when I make such a small and obviously true statement that: “men and women are different.”
And they are different and not just in genetalia.
In summary: only a small percentage of man and an even smaller percentage of woman have the intellectual tools to deal with the question of the existence of God. The vast majority, not having those tools, but still having the human requirement to function, depend of ‘faith’ to round out their lives.
I choose to address those who are capable of pursuing the question of the existence of God and the ramifications of either conclusion.
To be continued….
Amicus the unbeliever….
On a personal level I am appalled at the number of people, world wide, here in the 21st Century who claim a belief in God.
I have been an atheist from a very early age as I perceived the shallowness of church and Sunday school exhortations.
Later I came to think that my own ego got in the way in terms of submitting my very young ‘self’ to the will of God. I just could not do it and feel whole…I could not become part of a larger concept by sacrificing my own identity. If that makes sense to anyone outside my self.
In my college years and later…as a formal pursuit of understanding continued, I maintained the quest for truth but as with many others, found the total history of man, his religions and his philosophies, around the globe, to be contradictory, confusing and due to the sheer volume, a bit overwhelming.
Here on Literotica…there has been some of the best debate, discussion and presentation of views at all levels that I have ever witnessed and participated in.
Typical discussions on both religion and philosophy usually degenerate into closed reasoning, technical terms beyond the comprehension of most and the real killer of all intellectual pursuits; the insistence that ‘man’ cannot ‘know’ anything with any certainty. If you hold that position, then nothing said by anyone at any time in history is of any meaning…it becomes only ‘opinion’ no matter how well supported anecdotally by expressions of faith or logic.
I opened by saying I found it appalling that many still believe in God. I need to qualify that in a small way.
While I stipulate that every psychologically healthy human individual is born with a brain capable of reason and logic; I also conclude that most do not cultivate the use of the mind to a level required to think rationally.
I also observe/propose that the intellectual quotient of a large percentage of mankind is not sufficient to encompass conceptual abstractions wide enough to deal with questions of logic and reason.
As many on this forum have lovingly pointed out, I have adopted a ‘gender bias’ when cogitating on the differing natural qualities of male and female human critters. I am often amused at the vehemence of those when I make such a small and obviously true statement that: “men and women are different.”
And they are different and not just in genetalia.
In summary: only a small percentage of man and an even smaller percentage of woman have the intellectual tools to deal with the question of the existence of God. The vast majority, not having those tools, but still having the human requirement to function, depend of ‘faith’ to round out their lives.
I choose to address those who are capable of pursuing the question of the existence of God and the ramifications of either conclusion.
To be continued….
Amicus the unbeliever….
I say that's a bit strong, all God's creatures you know.
