H'chu apenkee, o'grandio lust.
Today, I'm going to talk about the theory of an artificial god. (This might not be very long, but I'll update it when I can find my book about it. )
Douglas Adams, famed writer of the hitchhiker guide to the galaxy, is an atheist. However, he represented a really eccentric the other day that I found interesting. (Okay, so 5 years ago isn't really the other day. Work with me here.) Douglas Adams said that life is a huuuuuuuge category. Which is true. Anything that includes human beings and bacteria too small to see with the human eye has got to be a pretty broad category. He compared life to the letter a. The example he used was this: If you write an a, you could have really bad handwriting and make it look somewhat like a d. However, if you are writing the word apple, obviously people are going to see that you mean apple, even if you wrote dpple.
The theory of an artificial god is that since life can only be defined if it has a context, if it has a purpose. Therefore, man had to have a god, because without god how can we define life.
I do not agree with this theory. Faith is neccessary for human happiness, not human science. Without some sort of faith, humans lose sight of what they are. Without faith people forget their principles and their morals. It is my strong opinion that without faith, the world would fall to pieces. Without faith in their government, other people, and god, anarchy and chaos would rule over the Earth, with the majority of people having no reason to respect human life and dignity. This is because respect comes from faith. Only when you put your faith in a person, government or religion can you truly respect other people.
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...I cried because of this.
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Glad I don't know people like this.
That's pretty dumb.
5 comments:
You're totally right, man. I am not capable of happiness (that's why I tell people that life is amazing) ,I don't know what I am, I have no morals (I haven't cheated at all this year, but that's beside the point, I'm sure), and I don't respect human dignity or life (which is exactly why I'm against abortion and why I try to make people feel better practically every day). I never had happiness, morals, respect for human dignity, or a sense of identity, and I didn't even know it. Someone who doesn't believe in God is practically sub-human!!!
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Ryan you're the bomb.
About your post- very insightful. Life can only be defined if it has context...interesting. And you disagree. I wonder, is human happiness more important than human science? I hope so.
PS Is it rude to ask...what religion are you? What are your beliefs, Nair15 not Ryan?
If you re-read it, I never said that religion was neccassary for happiness. I said that faith was. I have no doubt that even though you may not have faith in god (because you don't believe in him) you still have faith in a person or several people, even if you don't want to admit it.
Oops. I meant to say faith, at the beginning of that paragraph, not God. That's a my bad.
Victoria: I'm Christian in that I believe that there is a God, that Christ died on the cross so we could repent for our sins, and I believe that that Jesus Christ was the son of God.
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