... said the theist. And I reply:
You see God's work wherever you look? Really? I look around and everything I see is a testament to the wonder of nature and natural processes which developed everything which surround us. You think that just because you perceive beauty that there must have been some creator? The flower, the waterfall, the sunset and the rainbow aren't actually beautiful you know. It's a truck in your mind. You think they're beautiful because they are part of a natural system which sustains your life, which has sustained human and pre-human lives for countless millennia. Essential for survival you appreciate them deeply, and so you should, but they aren't actually here for your appreciation or even your survival. They occur by their own processes and don't care what you think of them. But appreciate them still simply because you can, because you need them, because they brings you joy.
My inspiration: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/nov/06/religion-atheism
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You see God's work wherever you look? Really? I look around and everything I see is a testament to the wonder of nature and natural processes which developed everything which surround us. You think that just because you perceive beauty that there must have been some creator? The flower, the waterfall, the sunset and the rainbow aren't actually beautiful you know. It's a truck in your mind. You think they're beautiful because they are part of a natural system which sustains your life, which has sustained human and pre-human lives for countless millennia. Essential for survival you appreciate them deeply, and so you should, but they aren't actually here for your appreciation or even your survival. They occur by their own processes and don't care what you think of them. But appreciate them still simply because you can, because you need them, because they brings you joy.
My inspiration: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/nov/06/religion-atheism
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