Quote Originally Posted by physasst
WOW, touched a nerve here did I? And you may need to ask yourself, why is that?

NO, that's not the argument, you're projecting here, I was using those as examples of my life experience. I consider science to be the only viable explanation for just about everything, and as of yet, I have never been able to "prove" that god exists. When you can lay out a verifiable formula as to the existence of god, than perhaps I will change my mind. I am actually open minded about this. I don't hate the concept of "god"....Hell, we're going to church on xmas day, because my wife is lutheran, and wants to go. She knows that I don't believe, but I will be supportive of her and attend.

I actually do believe in a higher power if you will, but it is not a sentient being, rather a field or force, if you will that animates all living things, but it has no concious, and has no "plan".....it just is.

The funny thing is, I was watching an awards ceremony the other evening, and one of the recipients was thanking god for his talent and gifts.....I found it amusing, because he did no thank god for his heroin addiction, he did not thank god for the three times he was arrested for domestic abuse......god seems to be responsible for everything good, and none of the bad. Well, the problem with that is, IF he is the creator of all, then he created evil, which means he is directly responsible for all of the BAD in your life.

One of my best friends is a fundamental christian, and her and I have these talks frequently, she never gets mad, because, as she says, "it is the responsibility of christians to answer these questions, and questioning someones faith is only logical".

LOL, Oh, and as far as inaccuracies in my post, please feel free to correct me. I'll stand patiently by and wait.....