Tuesday, November 14, 2006

What's next?

This is going to be an interesting post. Well, I've been seeing a ton of information about our origins. And, it's hard for me to disagree. Besides my 'ghosts' argument for religion, there's only one more that could hint at some supernatural being. That would be the Qu'ran. Now, if you're reading fabricated quotes, but mostly ones taken out of context, from the Prophet of Doom: you've been misinformed.
The Qu'ran is possibly the only reason I still believe. There's a lot of information about the 'miracles of the Qu'ran' and stuff like that. The book is considered too well written. There's too many amazing features about it. Especially since it was written by someone who was illiterate for a good portion of their life.
I can understand though how these scientists come up with the conclusion that there is no god.
Richard Dawkins does a pretty good job of explaining how it all works. Watching the new South Park was really awkward. In two episodes they changed the way I felt about atheism and our existence. It's weird as hell, though. It would make more sense if humans didn't have the amazing ability to think and use all of their knowledge. If humans we're just like monkeys, throwing shit everywhere, killing and raping; then it would make a bit more sense. Why exactly are we the only species that can think like we do? With a conscious and everything. Shouldn't there be other animals that could do the same? Like in South Park's Go God Go with the Sea Otters. Man.
Can it really be so? I'm a believer in science and religion, yet it's hard to choose.
I've got quite a good quote here,
"The fact that a believer is happier than a sceptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality."- George Bernard Shaw
Damn. It is a good quote. The one thing I don't like about religion as well is its intent to halt science. This point in history is a very important point indeed. We have the internet, science, and reason beginning to conquer the world's minds. I've never felt so worthless, though. I could go ahead and just jump off a building, what would it matter? Well, for one, science is a tool that can help us understand the world. With that, we can appreciate its complexities. We also have pleasure, how pleasurable is jumping off a building? Well, it is pleasurable appreciating nature. With feelings and sensations, and all that good stuff. If you're born you should make the best of it. If you're like me you can be like that guy in one of my previous posts. You can be agnostic as well, always open to the possibility of a heaven if you do actually end up being questioned by the big guy. I think there's nothing better than that as a religion. An agnostic atheist: you appreciate science and its complexities, and at the same time there's this possibility of happiness on the other side. It's like the best of both worlds. Although, I'm like 60/40 if it's possible to put it into a ratio. Man, what a world we live in...

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