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Post #687332

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darth_ender
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Ask the godless heathen - AKA Ask An Atheist
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/687332/action/topic#687332
Date created
2-Feb-2014, 5:02 PM

Since there have been several recent conversations that I did not respond to, I will link to a large post I made a while back.  I'm too lazy to fix the typos I noticed in it right now. 

http://originaltrilogy.com/FORUM/topic.cfm/Religion/post/626614/#TopicPost626614

What you now have at your fingertips is my reason for being a rational, scientific, skeptical adult and a deeply believing, faithful Christian.  You should feel honored.  You see, I have felt that the atheistic crowd here has been a bit harsh on the believers, often saying that everything strengthens their belief in no God, making sometimes ridiculous arguments that state that one cannot logically be a Christian, etc.  Well, with surprise at the passion the nonbelievers hold, I tell you that I respect your beliefs and your reasons for not believing, but I encourage you to bear in mind that simply because some of us accept some things on faith does not make us imbeciles or mean we have not thought of the many same counterpoints that you use (i.e. why would God save this one man who was being stupide when other good people are allowed to die?).  Obviously these are thoughts that have crossed the minds of believers since everyone thought the world was flat and the sun was a small light passing over our plane.  We understand and get it.

I honestly grow a little tired of when non-religious people talk down at believers.  I consider myself intelligent and well educated.  But perhaps (assuming you've already read the link I provided), you can see where my intelligence may be strongest is in my ability to simultaneously hold seemingly contradictory ideas in my mind and accept them.  I understand that things may not always mesh, but my mind is quite capable of holding both as true to the best of my understanding and the understanding of humanity in general.  You will never know enough to be able to disprove God.  But whether you like it or not, you will never be able to prove that electrons exist, or that UFOs are not real, or anything else.  We still rely on theories developed from current understanding, understanding which has often undergone tremendous changes even in recent years.  How can anyone here show me that there will not be another such tremendous change that will further alter our understanding?  Right now we don't see how it all fits.  No human in this lifetime will.  If you don't believe in God but instead believe in an ultimate fiery death to this universe, I guarantee you that humanity will still not have come to the point of understanding all there is to it by then.  But I do believe that I can one day know it all, and that there is room for science and religion to coexist, even if you can't accept the complementarity of both.