These are good arguments, but I find them no more full of valor than the hypothetical arguments on God's existence; that is not to say they lack worth, only that they seem to be about the same in directness of evidence.
I am sorry to say, also, that for over a century it was believed --- and still is --- that even if there IS is a God, it does not diminish the worth of each man or the universe; hell, Darwin said that because of personal adaptability, we are made more worthwhile. And while both sides of this argument use Darwin as one of the fathers of modern biology, or murderer of God's grace. Fact is, Darwin was a man of Faith
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Darwin never claimed (or even tried to prove) that things happened by accident. The system may appear to be random when you are close to it (e.g. short time frames), but it follows rules.
He started his life believing the "Word of God". His early work in evolution tried to prove the existence of God (as the rule maker). But the more he discovered about how the natural world works, the more it contradiction what he knew of God.
In the end, Darwin didn't disprove "god" (it wasn't his goal), but he personally lost his faith in "God" (the "Big-G" god that he learned about from the Bible).
Wow! I was expecting something really angry when I clicked the cut link, and was thinking "Oh, dear, what happened? I hope he's okay..."
I was surprised and delighted to be wrong. And it seems that you've reached a very similar stance on spirituality as I have--I'm fundamentally agnostic (meaning not that I'm undecided, but that I am pretty damn sure that there is no way for us to know about anything other than our own physical existence, and the existence/absence of God, afterlife, etc. is impossible for us to know, at least so far). I am also Buddhist. That is not a contradiction. Read what Gotama Siddhartha actually said and you'll see that.
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I am sorry to say, also, that for over a century it was believed --- and still is --- that even if there IS is a God, it does not diminish the worth of each man or the universe; hell, Darwin said that because of personal adaptability, we are made more worthwhile. And while both sides of this argument use Darwin as one of the fathers of modern biology, or murderer of God's grace. Fact is, Darwin was a man of Faith ( ... )
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He started his life believing the "Word of God". His early work in evolution tried to prove the existence of God (as the rule maker). But the more he discovered about how the natural world works, the more it contradiction what he knew of God.
In the end, Darwin didn't disprove "god" (it wasn't his goal), but he personally lost his faith in "God" (the "Big-G" god that he learned about from the Bible).
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I was surprised and delighted to be wrong. And it seems that you've reached a very similar stance on spirituality as I have--I'm fundamentally agnostic (meaning not that I'm undecided, but that I am pretty damn sure that there is no way for us to know about anything other than our own physical existence, and the existence/absence of God, afterlife, etc. is impossible for us to know, at least so far). I am also Buddhist. That is not a contradiction. Read what Gotama Siddhartha actually said and you'll see that.
Good for you, dude...
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I'd say more, but the words are not with me today. :)
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