Tuesday, October 28, 2008
God Prefers Atheists
I read something that struck me on LOL God today and the comic that is posted there makes a very good point. I am sure, I mean absolutely positive that God (if he/she existed) would be happier, more satisfied and even proud if the people he allegedly created chose not to steal simply because it is a "dickish thing to do" rather than simply because God says stealing is wrong. I mean just because I am an atheist does not make me a sex-starved mother-hating wife-stealing self-involved lazy criminal with no morals. I have morals. I am proud of who I am and how I treat people. I love people. Isn't that all that matters?
Monday, October 27, 2008
An Atheist in Church
So I went to church with the wife and kids yesterday. To be clear, I am an atheist but my wife was raised in a Christian family and she feels compelled to take the kids to church on Sundays. I go for support. I also pride myself as being open-minded and so I do listen and absorb. I actually agree with 90% of the principals expressed. Its all the fluff I have a problem with.
I tend to look around and wonder what other people are really thinking and praying for. Do they really have faith inside?
Yesterday was different because I started thinking what would it take for me to believe. If this "God" is "all-powerful", then it makes sense to pray for something that is worthy of such power. Then a thought popped into my head; what this world really needs is a "global unified moment of clarity."
So I tried it as an experiment - I actually prayed for a "global unified moment of clarity". I put myself in Christian shoes and prayed to God. For a moment, I had faith. I said the phrase over and over again in my head - this is what I want from God. Yes, I thought, that is the answer. I mean that is the most worthy thing I can think of to pray for. If there is a God, then he/she can do this. After all, we aren't going to do it on our own it seems.
After I came down from my prayer/thought I looked around and nothing had changed. Does this prove God one way or another? No not by itself. However if there is an omniscient, all-powerful God and my prayer was heard by God and that God knows that I (and perhaps everyone) would believe if a unified global moment of clarity was reached by all humans on this planet, it seems like a waste to answer Joe Six-pack's prayer for a new truck.
I tend to look around and wonder what other people are really thinking and praying for. Do they really have faith inside?
Yesterday was different because I started thinking what would it take for me to believe. If this "God" is "all-powerful", then it makes sense to pray for something that is worthy of such power. Then a thought popped into my head; what this world really needs is a "global unified moment of clarity."
So I tried it as an experiment - I actually prayed for a "global unified moment of clarity". I put myself in Christian shoes and prayed to God. For a moment, I had faith. I said the phrase over and over again in my head - this is what I want from God. Yes, I thought, that is the answer. I mean that is the most worthy thing I can think of to pray for. If there is a God, then he/she can do this. After all, we aren't going to do it on our own it seems.
After I came down from my prayer/thought I looked around and nothing had changed. Does this prove God one way or another? No not by itself. However if there is an omniscient, all-powerful God and my prayer was heard by God and that God knows that I (and perhaps everyone) would believe if a unified global moment of clarity was reached by all humans on this planet, it seems like a waste to answer Joe Six-pack's prayer for a new truck.
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