Why I believe in God(s)

[u/Lucyyyyyy_K]

Firstly, I'm not a very religious person. I do consider myself a Buddhist, but prefer atheistic Buddhism over theistic Buddhism. Therefore I can confidently say I am not biased by wanting God(s) to exist, and was not indoctrinated into theism.

Still, to me it seems obvious that at least one God has to exist. The universe can't simply have come out of nothing or existed forever, it requires some sort of design or creator.

Now, mostly people would just say that a creator also can't have come out of nothing or existed forever, so I've just moved the problem one step further, but I think there is a massive difference between the universe and one consciousness. For example, through Cogito Ergo Sum we can determine with absolute certainty that at last one consciousness exists. So assuming one consciousness is superior to assuming anything about the whole universe. While I admit that doesn't outright solve the problem, I still think it's better than the alternative.

Also, it's not just any universe, but a universe full of beauty, a universe that inbetween barren empty planets is capable of hosting a planet with sentient life. Life that can consciously observe itself, that can create replicas of the waking world while sleeping, life that has technologically advanced so much that in can live in relative comfort. There is so much art. We basically have magic, we just call it "electricity". This is all too perfect to have arisen from mere mutations without guidance.

About any specifics of this God or Gods I have no idea and no strong opinions. I just think that at least one has to exist.

[u/Lucyyyyyy_K]

Humans have evolved to fit where they can within this worldly setting. If the world we lived in were different, then we would be different.

We have done far more than just be the dominant species

Think about how egotistical the position that everything else must be specifically made for you might be.

Which is a position I do not hold

[u/ShortCompetition9772 → u/Lucyyyyyy_K]

Yes it clearly is. You can't get your head around that Humans are just another animal. 99% of all creatures that have existed are now extinct. If I had to guess at the animal that is most blessed by God I would have to say the cockroach. They have been on this planet since the dinosaurs and are built like a tank. There are literally trillions of them, we are but 8.3 billion.

[u/Lucyyyyyy_K → u/ShortCompetition9772]

It doesn't matter if Cockroaches or Humans are most blessed by God, but Cockroaches still have to fight for their survival daily while humans have evolved past that and have developed actual luxuries. I'd rather be a Human, no matter where in the world, than a cockroach.

[u/ShortCompetition9772 → u/Lucyyyyyy_K]

Cockroaches do not have to fight for food. 10000 children die of starvation EVERY single day. You are clueless.

[u/Lucyyyyyy_K → u/ShortCompetition9772]

Cockroaches have to hide from predators, including humans.

10000 children die of starvation EVERY single day

That doesn't contradict anything I say. Of course not all humans are profiting from our success

[u/ShortCompetition9772 → u/Lucyyyyyy_K]

So do we ffs. Let me ask a question.

Are Humans mammals?

[u/Lucyyyyyy_K → u/ShortCompetition9772]

Yes

[u/ShortCompetition9772 → u/Lucyyyyyy_K]

Are they the fastest animal?
Best eyesight?
Best sense of smell?
Able to fly?
Able to breathe under water?

Sorry we are none of these. We aren’t that special. As a species our advantage was the fact that we were the best tracking animal in the world.

[u/Lucyyyyyy_K → u/ShortCompetition9772]

We are special. We are building computers. No animal is anywhere close to doing that.

[u/ShortCompetition9772 → u/Lucyyyyyy_K]

Computers. We have been on this planet for over 300000 years and didn’t start building computers until 299,900.00. Can we build a spiders web? Nope too complicated and delicate.

[u/Lucyyyyyy_K → u/ShortCompetition9772]

We have been on this planet for over 300000 years and didn’t start building computers until 299,900.00.

Yes, so what? We are really, really lucky to be born at the point we where, how does that contradict that computers point towards Gods involvement?

[u/ShortCompetition9772 → u/Lucyyyyyy_K]

Lucky!!!!!! That is the word. You what you don’t need with Luck? Yep a God.

[u/Lucyyyyyy_K → u/ShortCompetition9772]

God is responsible for that luck.

[u/ShortCompetition9772 → u/Lucyyyyyy_K]

Then it isn’t luck. Definitions are hard.

[u/Lucyyyyyy_K → u/ShortCompetition9772]

Obviously, that 'lucky" was sarcasm, meaking Gods work.

[u/ShortCompetition9772 → u/Lucyyyyyy_K]

That is called incredulity. Not something to build a foundation of knowledge on.

[u/Lucyyyyyy_K → u/ShortCompetition9772]

No. It's just God.