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Agnostic troll.
Why the name-calling, William?
Agnostic troll.
Why the name-calling, William?
Some folks just aren't strong enough to have faith. A shame really.So you take the "... ignorance is bliss" approach?
I prefer and live (as much as I can) by this from Charles Dickens:
"They were a boy and a girl. Yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish; but prostrate, too, in their humility. Where graceful youth should have filled their features out, and touched them with its freshest tints, a stale and shrivelled hand, like that of age, had pinched, and twisted them, and pulled them into shreds. Where angels might have sat enthroned, devils lurked, and glared out menacing. No change, no degradation, no perversion of humanity, in any grade, through all the mysteries of wonderful creation, has monsters half so horrible and dread." ...
“They are Man's and they cling to me, appealing from their fathers. This boy is Ignorance and this girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased.”
You can't escape the continuing search for knowledge, unless you'd prefer a world wide meltdown.
Some folks just aren't strong enough to have faith. A shame really.
Some folks just aren't strong enough to have faith. A shame really.
Evolution isn't going to evolve something that isn't necessary. We are far too complex on a biological level, not to mention an emotional level. A good example is love. Love isn't necessary for our survival. It also isn't necessary for us to find beauty in nature. Ever look close at a beautiful flower? Examine the intricate detail? Ever wonder why we love someone or think something is pretty? Not really necessary.
:lamo :lamo :lamoSome folks just aren't strong enough to have faith. A shame really.
There speaks a person who, apparently, knows little about science. Scientists follow the facts and rationality, wherever they may lead. No faith required.There is your narrow scientific mind speaking right there. Tell me sir, science is based off of sound and proved principals. You say you must have evidence to say it is true. Then give some solid evidence of the Big Bang, or that the Aether exists, or what happened previous to the Big Bang. Scientists see faith as a weakness, yet, in the end, scientists rely on faith in science and reality itself.