dev@ei.ecn.purdue.edu (Larry Weeks) (05/07/91)
In article <1991Apr28.131804.11981@news.cs.brandeis.edu> bis@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Bis) spoke thusly: >In article <6502@husc6.harvard.edu> zeleny@osgood.harvard.edu (Mikhail Zeleny) spoke thusly: >>In article <1991Apr17.192411.14592@news.cs.brandeis.edu> bis@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Bis) spoke thusly: >>>Perhaps the reason you don't believe in God is that you think God is >>>*you*. Makes sense--that's the best reason I could think of for not >>>believing in God. I have a question. Why *would* you believe in a god's existence? And given it's existence, why worship it? Personally, I'm neutral on the subject. If one does/did exist, I see no reason to worship it. Seems to me like something designed to alleviate our collective nervousness about death and the unknown. After all, if your parents didn't tell you that a god exists and indoctrinate you into a particular religion, would you believe? Most like to think that we choose our path of belief freely. But my parents never mentioned a diety, and I don't really put much credence in the concept of one. I doubt that I will wake up some day and say "By golly, there IS a God!" Granted, it *could* happen. And I don't deny that there could indeed be a God. Far from it. I am quite curious in that aspect. But if my family/social sphere had stressed a diety, I am sure that I would believe in one now. Why do *you* believe? >>But how come every time I pray, I find that I'm talking to myself? > >Because you are. Are you so sure? I'm not. Larry dev@ecn.purdue.edu +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Mankind must without a doubt be the most conceited race in the | | universe, for who else believes that God has nothing better to do | | than sit around all day and help him out of tight spots?" | | -- Alan Dean Foster | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+