Quote Originally Posted by Kokujin X
Well, tell me this. What do you believe started life?
I don't know. I'm not a molecular biologist, and I wasn't around when it happened, so I'm not going to pretend like I know everything about how life began. Modern molecular biology is just starting to piece together how it might have happened. The origin of life happened billions of years ago, and all the organisms along the way have decomposed since then. It's extremely naïve to think that just because we haven't pieced together this extremely complex chemical process of which there is no surviving record, that it couldn't have happened according to the laws of physics.
Life in its self is so advanced especially when you look at the complexity of humans. How could something with any intelligence exist with nothing advanced behind it? The odds are impossible. It would be like advanced software just appearing out of nowhere to make an analogy. You may want to sound like your just being logical but, in all actuality, it takes more faith to believe we appeard out of nowhere then it does to believe in a God.
You are right when you say that humans are extremely complex, more so than any other animal, because we have intelligence. Intelligence is the most complex thing we know of. So how did this extremely complex thing we call intelligence come about? Your explanation is that intelligence didn't evolve, it was planned. Well, by what? Intelligence, you say. Where did that intelligence come from? It's like this humanity-designing software called God (which must be way more complex than life itself) just appeared out of nowhere, to make an analogy.
We have to realize that so we can make the most of the few decades we have on this precious planet.

And what is precious about our lifes if there is no God? Ultimately, we live in a dieing universe. At some point in the future, the Earth will cease to support life, the sun will stop burning, and our universe will collapse. So ultimatly, whats the reason for life? The whole existance of man will make no ultimate diffrence to anything, and strictly to the point, life is absurd. There would be absolutly no reason to it.
There is no pre-programmed purpose for your life. Is that something to be sorry for, to feel sad about? There is no intrinsic purpose for an electron, for a rock, for a quasar or for a human. But the human has the capability to define purpose for himself, which is a good thing, but he must realize that purpose is a human construct and exists only in his mind. You are free to define the purpose of your own life. That's no tragedy. That's what free will is all about.

Besides, what is the purpose of life in a God-driven universe? To serve God? I don't want to be his slave. To be good? You can do that in a godless universe too. Truth is, even religious people don't know what the meaning of life is. How many millions of answers to that question have there been in the history of religion? I have yet to see all believers in God come to a consensus on the "meaning of life" issue. Even if God exists, he gave us free will, which includes the freedom to live for your own purpose and not for a purpose somebody else chose for you before you were born.

And do you really care what happens to the planet billions of years after you're dead? Why does that matter to anyone alive today? You've only got a few decades here. Don't fret about the fact that the Sun will engulf the Earth in 4 billion years any more than you fret about the fact that the planet was a giant ball of molten lava 4 billion years ago.

I'm sorry that you have no faith in God and I wish you would reconsider (for your sake). Don't take this as an insult or anything, I can't change you. It's your choice.
I have pondered this issue deeply, but when you get down to the bottom of it, there just isn't any evidence for a God. If he exists, he sure doesn't care about us down here on Earth, or else he'd come out and end all this conflict between religions by telling us which one is the true one.

If there is a God that doesn't want me to be an atheist, he is free to reveal himself to me at any time. I don't want to have to take it on faith or on philosophizing about the origin of life. I just want a little evidence that I can see for myself. Is that so much to ask from an all-powerful, all-loving being?
Oneironaut Reviewed by Oneironaut on . What Are Your Beliefs? I know there is countless threads on peoples beliefs, but as time goes on and people learn new things and different experiences happen in our personal life, beliefs and hopes change. What do you personally believe in? -I believe God is whom we make it to be, but he is inside of our soul. -I believe in evolution and the growth and change of human, such as how we are naturally taller than we were back in the day. Partially credited to vitamins and proteins, Partially the natural change and Rating: 5