Only one problem there... God isn't something that was simply "discovered" though; your example goes against the very definition of what God is. See my response to your first sentence.
You have an assumed premise, that God exists. in order to make your statement, you must prove God exists first. Since that isn't possible, then you can't make the statement that assumes it.
Because that is intellectual laziness. That also makes life completely meaningless because you have no idea why you are living it (or who you are living it for).
the decision not pursue an
impossible objective, knowledge of the ultimate truth of the universe, is not intellectual laziness, it is wisdom at it's highest level. The better objective in life is the pursuit of wisdom which is the pursuit of spiritual and/or intellectual enlightenment and enrichment.
That makes no sense to me because there is no purpose attached to it. What's the purpose of "living" life then? Why ought I act morally? Why ought I not commit suicide? etc. etc. These are all intellectual questions which need to be answered...
Life has no purpose. There is no God, God wrote no book, these are all fanciful notions arising out of the poverty of man's imagination. One does not need a God to act morally. Common sense and the essential goodness in all is all that is needed.
Just live and enjoy life. I can accept your need to have a faith, but I don't have "a faith",
I do, however, have faith. My faith is a belief, just as your belief is a belief. But the difference is, I don't accept it as fact, i accept it for what it is, a belief.
now then, my belief, my "faith" is the faith that the universe has something positive in store for us, and that life has a spiritual basis, that the "I" in each of us is an eternal soul, and I can't presume to know what it is, or it's precise nature, I believe it because I can sense it, nor can I presume to know where we are headed, but I have faith that it is so. Just as your belief gives you comfort, and that is a good thing, so is mine. Ancient sages have talked about it, though, and their teachings appeal to my sensibilities, such as the Dhammapada, and the Tao Te Tching, and the Gnostic Gospel Of Thomas. If there is a God, then it's probably the God of Pantheism. But, that's just a wild guess.
But, I do not play the intellectual dishonest game of claiming my belief is fact, for that cannot be known.
Life is a mystery, and the sooner you accept it, the more intellectually honest you will be. It's okay to believe, to philosophize, but it's not okay to say "my belief is the only belief, and it is fact". That's really intellectual treason. Man's inhumanity committed on man has been based on that premise, alone, i.e., the crusades, Islamic extremism, etc.
