SUBJECT: Dawkin, the man with a hand up his sleeve
After reading this fine article, I had to go downstairs and grab a bite to eat. I also had a glass of water.
There is no god. Don’t scald or castrate me for this assertion. Humans were monkeys as butterflies were caterpillars. No bones about it. Evolution is the reason we walk on two feet and communicate with words. The people back in the day were not so bright; did they even have school? I don’t think so. They could not explain their own surroundings so they developed a GOD. They looked at him for answers.
How can we, as a society, believe our ancestors (which they might not even be) about GOD, when millions of other people believe in countless other supernatural beings. We laugh at their idea of divinity. But who says who’s right and wrong. The answer really is no one. Sure, you can believe in what ever you want as a spiritual guide along your journey in life, but that does not mean you have chosen the correct one.
I am an atheist. But I do believe in a god. I believe in the supernatural powers of my bong.
Thank you.
Jeff,
You hold that people have developed the idea of God to fill an explanatory vacuum: keep this point in mind in the next few classes.
Jason
ps–super though they may be, the powers of bongs seem perfectly natural to me.
SUBJECT: In time of doubt, delete the necessary material, and add on whatever’s on the closest box of cereal, like HoneyComb for example, you see…
The only thing I agree about with van Inwagen’s Theodicy is that you can easily scepticize god’s almighty power. It kind of reminds me of a funny story… Van Inwagen brings up some very good questions, though… Why has god allowed “the age of evil” to persist for thousands of years? Good question Petey. Why would god allow this to happen? Evil is… well, evil is evil. If god’s plan, when complete, was to establish a society of good people, why doesn’t he just speed up the process and allow us to live in such a peaceful time, holding hands, and hot air ballooning. By the way, this “plan” of god’s has a resemblance to many other dreams of utopia created by deemed, powerful beings. Doesn’t god love everyone. Then why don’t the hindus, the moslems, or the native americans believe in “our” god; where do they belong in god’s plan? Hopefully god thought out this master plan before starting that big bang; or we’re stuck with an evil, evil world. Not to mention, the evil was caused by sir god himself. Thank you god.
Jeff,
Just wanted to let you know that this had me laughing (esp. the part about hot air ballooning!).
Jason
(Note: Jason was the Professor.)