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Originally Posted by Darph  I think Theocracies take away from the whole “Obedience by Choice” thing and God gave us free will for a reason. What’s funny is, the people who TRULY believe this, are some of the most hardcore fundamentalists in the USA, Baptists. |
I agree with this -- the point of free will is that God does not want automatons worshiping Him. Everyone is free to accept or reject God. Trying to impose the choice is directly contrary to God's will. Which is why even though I'm a Catholic I think the Protestant Reformation was a good thing -- brought us out a world of no-choice into the world of religious freedom we have today.
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you wouldn’t be able to prove it’s not the mechanism in which God chose to create life/the universe/etc.
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Agreed. The problem with say stating that "the fact that animals/humans evolved from simpler creatures is evidence that God does not exist" is that it presupposes, without proving, that God and Evolution are incompatible.
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In the end, the ultimate evil is ignorance and it’s brother intolerance.
P.s. To those who claim religion harms society, my favorite retort is a tease: Atheists shouldnt be allowed to have religious Holidays off of work, this includes Saturday and Sunday.   |
Well religion is also responsible for some of the greatest art, for the continuation of Greek/Roman Arts & Sciences during the dark ages, and is the moral basis for our judicial system ;-) As for religous wars -- I honestly think South Park hit this one on the head...
Bottomline for me -- if you want to be an atheist -- it is certainly your choice -- just accept that it is no more logical/rational or illogical/irrational a choice than being religous.