Now i don't really know about your defination of "Blind" . If you say beliefs/believers are blind because they don't make any sense then i don't agree with you. If you mean they are blind because you cannot bring physical or scientific evidence or you cannot do experiment in lab to prove their existence or you cannot observe God with telescopes then sure i agree with you : )
What existence mean to you? Does existing mean that God is a physical form in our universe? If you read my previous post it was me who said that we should not mix science with religion because science is study of nature and physical matter while most concepts of religions are super natural. Science is helpless about super natural concepts unless scientist discover some tools to detect or observe the existence of non physical beings.
We see the stars, we see the moon, we see the sun and we see it all working in ordered fashion to bring comfort and existence to a human life. Is there a hand mightier than human creativity behind all this order? Would it be a little pretentious to believe that human beings even as creative as we know them to be, could have designed and fashioned our world and all it contains? Is there not a source that supplies the energy for creation in an ongoing basis?
Is it really possible that by chance came about intelligent beings with the ability to show emotions, think, solve, breathe, laugh etc? The idea of ruling God out of when Creation came to be is simply ridiculious to others and makes sense to some. Being an atheist is like this: you don't have to think about who/what caused creation because the Universe came into existence by chance and this life is without end. Being a believer of God is like this: God was always present and fashioned and designed creation with scientific knowledge and beauty etc. For me the God scenario is more sophisticated and logical
I am not a believer because I do not see any evidence of the existence of God. By “God” I mean the god of religions. The creation can be easily explained with evolution and I see no evidence of a hearing, seeing caring God. I believe in a principle that underlies the universe.
Over 200,000 innocent people lost their lives in Haiti and the most vulnerable people on Earth are often hit by similar calamities. Where is God?
Does God see our suffering and does not care? Does he see it, wants to help but he can’t? Or maybe, he does not know what is happening. Therefore, he is callous, impotent or ignorant. Such God does not deserve our worship.
Suffering does not end with human misery. It is woven into the fabric of the universe. Why should any loving God design the world in such a way that the sustenance of some creatures must necessity depend on the destruction of the lives of many others? The most cynical part is that these creatures that are destined to be food are endowed with senses and feelings. They suffer excruciating pains before becoming snacks and those who survive them suffer untold sorrow. When a deer loses her calf, her anguish is no less than the anguish we humans feel for the loss of our children. If truly this universe is designed by a god, he must be utterly cruel.
Jews and Christians reason that the suffering in the world is the result of Adam and Eve’s disobedience. This belief is rehashed in the Quran also. By doing so they are in effect acknowledging that God is unjust. How can a just and loving god, punish thousands of generations and millions of species in land and sea because one couple ate an apple without permission? Is this punishment commensurate with the offence? Is it fair that entire world suffer because one guy stole an apple? And we are supposed to believe that such god is wise, just and forgiving?
Because our foolish progenitors could not control their stomach, God kicked them out of paradise, unleashed Satan to prey on their descendants and made all creatures devour each other. And we are supposed to, day and night worship this insane god and praise his justice, mercy and compassion.
Why do we humans want to fool ourselves? Well, it is because we need to believe.
If you can believe in God, you should. Believers are happier in general. It is comforting to believe someone listens to your prayers, takes care of you and will not abandon you in the dark moments of your life. The belief in God is placebo. Sometimes placebos save life. Placebo works as long as you don’t know the truth about it. Alas, I know the truth about God.
But be wary of the downside of belief too. A few weeks ago, famous American televangelist Pat Robertson said the deadly Haitian earthquake that killed over 200,000 people was God’s vengeance for a “pact” Haitians swore to the Devil to set them free from slavery over 200 years ago. Since then, he said, Haiti has been cursed by “one thing after the other.”
What is the message in this remark? That God wanted the blacks to remain slaves. They had to enlist the help of Devil to gain their freedom, which angered God who has been hitting those helpless people ever since with one curse after another.
Why would God want to keep the blacks in slavery? Assuming the ancestors of Haitian made a pact with Devil, those guys are dead. Why would a sane God punish their descendants? And more importantly, why should anyone help someone whom God has cursed and wants to punish?
The Quran is full of stories like this. The destruction of Aad by Allah is one such story.
As long as God means hope, it is good. Life without hope is hell. If the love of God makes you a Loving Mother , there is nothing wrong in it. Whether God exists or not, is secondary.
