Greendove...

Nice post. I am somewhat of a closet agnostic.
How can you know? How can anyone possibly know?

And how arrogant it is for religion to preach that WE (they) are God's chosen people. So everybody else got it wrong? Drives me insane.

And what of those born before the creation of that religion?
Doesnt seem fair that they are unsaved because they saw life before the Bible or Koran.

Religion has its purpose. Moral grounding. "Thou shall not...."
And that does have value.

As far as God....I cant wrap my brain around it.
What was here before there was nothing?
And how did nothing turn into this?
We think of "time" as a linear line. Start at Point A, end at Point Z.
There's more to it than that, but I don't know what it is.

Like size the universe.....
How can it go on FOREVER?
And if it has a boundary, then there's more to it thats outside our reach.
Maybe its like Asteroids. Get to the top and get transported to the bottom.
I try not to think about it. The "not knowing" could drive me insane.