I don't accept all the stories in the bible. Like I said I do not have blind faith but I also don't accept that something came from nothing. Atheists always ask, Who created God? Maybe you already have the answer to that question?Nothing! After all, you seem to think that nothing is a powerful force for creating things. Why not God?
So a big magic man in the sky is more logical to you?
Science tells us that life began on this planet because the mix of chemicals in the atmosphere and on the surface were at the right mix at the right time to generate the first single cell organism, The commonly held theory is that a pool of water containing a mix of elements and proteins (I'm not sure what they were, I've forgotten that part) was introduced to an electrical charge (lightning is the most probable culprit) from there, that cell split in two, and so on.. I'm sure you've heard the rest.
Not really that complicated if you think about it, not even that far fetched either.
Creationism teaches that God created the earth, Man and Woman, all in 6 days, believable, in the sense that he's an all powerful super being with the power to do that, fair enough. The part that trips it up, is the timing. According to the bible, all this happened 12,000 years ago.
I repeat,
12,000 years ago.
There's just no way. We already know for a fact that the earth has existed Much, Much longer than that (billions of years, give or take) We know that Dinosaurs existed Millions of years ago, we have dug up physical evidence to prove it. We've dated the fossils, and they are way older than 12,000 years.
So, either the book of Genesis is bullshit, or Dinosaurs weren't real. Help me out here.
The thing is, I personally don't deny the existence of A god, in some form, I just feel that the religions that are based on that belief are pretty much just all campfire stories that are more or less bullshit.
Think about ancient Rome, or Greece or Egypt. They believed that there were many Gods, each responsible for different aspect of life, all of these civilizations were around thousands of years before the time Jesus was on Earth. I don't even deny that Jesus of Nazareth was a Man that lived 2000 odd years ago, and he walked around and taught the principles and values of love, peace and understanding, and people were so moved by his teachings that they followed him around just to hear him speak, he was that charismatic and insightful. I also don't doubt that he was probably killed as a direct result of this, because his followers were growing in numbers and this made the Romans who occupied the region at the time nervous, fearing that he'd eventually lead a rebellion against them (they didn't really get the point of his teachings) and captured and executed him for it. He sounds like a good dude.
Now here's the bit you're not going to want to hear. I reckon he'd be furious to find out what people have done in his name. The religions that were built on his teachings were primarily designed for one purpose, keeping the masses in line. The bible was written to use as leverage to ensure that people stop asking questions, and behave themselves, under threat of eternal damnation and torment.
Believe in God, don't believe in God, do what you like, more power to you. But don't sit there and tell me that the events in the bible happened exactly as they were written. It's impossible. I personally think the Romans, Greeks and Egyptians had it closer than Christianity in any form will ever get.
