I agree. But you can't deny that a lot of the noisiest atheists do just that. "God's existence can't be proven scientifically, therefore S/He does not exist!" seems to be their rallying cry. Nevermind that they can't disprove God/dess's existence either... they've never seen that burning bush, nor heard it talk to them, therefore it's just a pretty myth, no more real than the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and all religion is bunk.
Me, I figure the sheer universality of a belief in Something Bigger indicates at least a possibility that there is something more than the physical. It could just be the human love of making up stories and our dislike of things we can't explain, but that's a chance I choose to take. Worst that happens if I'm wrong is that I live my life in accordance with principles I choose, and when I'm dead nothing happens. ;)
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Date: 2009-10-29 03:15 pm (UTC)Me, I figure the sheer universality of a belief in Something Bigger indicates at least a possibility that there is something more than the physical. It could just be the human love of making up stories and our dislike of things we can't explain, but that's a chance I choose to take. Worst that happens if I'm wrong is that I live my life in accordance with principles I choose, and when I'm dead nothing happens. ;)