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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead
Faith isn't illogical. Faith is essential for modern day life. We all know one thing. All the rest is faith. If you're an atheist, you believe in atheism, you don't know God doesn't exist. A lot of atheists and theists aren't keen to that. A lot of people say "I know God doesn't exist, because science is fact" or that "I know God exists, because bla bla bla." Which are both wrong statements. I say "I don't know God exists, but I believe he does, because I want to believe that there is a benevolant and loving artist wise enough to know that creating a chaotic universe such as this is truly a greater gift to its sentient inhabitants than that of a perfect universe."
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No. there is a difference between faith and beliefs. I believe I exist. And when I die, I will no longer exist. People may or may not remember me for a the maximum of 3 generation depending on how long I live and how I much of an impact I make on people. I don't know god doesnt exist. But I also dont know if Zeus, Ra, Thor, Vishna, and/or Neptune exist. It doesnt matter. All that matters is what happens here and now. tomorrow and yesterday. When I die my body will decay into soil. Its not that I reject the idea of divinity of any sort, it just doesnt work for me. Im not atheist. Im not anything. I am a person. I treat other persons as a person. When those people are no longer present in my life, thats it. If I see them again, cool. If not, well I wish the best for them. If they die, oh well. It was gonna happen sooner or later. Everyone dies.
The thought that we are all going to live happily ever after forever and ever is nice and comforting way of dealing with death, but it doesnt seem very practical.
I dont bash religion unless the religious use it as an excuse to do evil things. If religion helps a person be a better person, then good. I have morals. I have a code of honor and I stand firmly by my convictions. Thats all I need. I dont care to prove or disprove to others the existence of higher being(s). If such a being exists, then I'm sure it will be revealed to me in due time. Until then, I have no reason to believe in something that doesn't exist.
And you dont disprove things to win arguments. You prove them. I mean you can scientifically disprove a lot of theories, but that doesnt give you a solution to the bigger question. All you know is that one theory is incorrect. You can't really use the process of elimination here though. I can disprove the existence of God by merely not being able to prove it. And the fact that nobody can scientifically prove the existence of god, nor have ever proven, supports my opinion. But like I said. I'm not out to prove or disprove anything. I really dont care about it. I dont look at people differently by what they believe or try to convince them what I believe. I look at people as people. And thats it.