Quotes from an article entitled: "The New Atheism: No Heaven. No Hell. Just Science." in Wired magazine for November 2006.
"Highly intelligent people are mostly atheists," he says. "Not a single member of either house of Congress admits to being atheist. It just doesn't add up. Either they're stupid, or they're lying. And have they got a motive for lying? Of course they've got a motive! Everybody knows that an atheist can't get elected." - Richard Dawkins, author of "The God Delusion."
"Nonbelievers like myself stand beside you," he writes, addressing his imaginary opponent, "dumbstruck by the Muslim hordes who chant death to whole nations of the living. But we stand dumbstruck by you as well - by your denial of tangible reality, by the suffering you create in service to your religious myths, and by your attachment to an imaginary God." - Sam Harris, author of "The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason."
The Catholic church's prohibition of condoms allows the spread of AIDS to grow ever-increasing.
So, there's me, a person of reasonably high intelligence (138 last time I was tested...) who is struggling with her belief in God. And then I read this article and find out that close to 30 million people in the United States don't believe in God.
I thought that last night I had things figured out. That I knew there was a God because I got some sort of sense of him while in the prayer room. That among all of those people altogether I could almost feel God's presence. I thought I had decided to believe again.
And then I read this article and don't know anymore. That makes me so very sad. How can one not know about believing in God? But... I'm lost. And the more I read about atheism the more I'm coming to realize that it makes sense.
So, what do I do? If I can't get some sort of a connection with God is that to mean that God isn't real?
I can't do this...
"Highly intelligent people are mostly atheists," he says. "Not a single member of either house of Congress admits to being atheist. It just doesn't add up. Either they're stupid, or they're lying. And have they got a motive for lying? Of course they've got a motive! Everybody knows that an atheist can't get elected." - Richard Dawkins, author of "The God Delusion."
"Nonbelievers like myself stand beside you," he writes, addressing his imaginary opponent, "dumbstruck by the Muslim hordes who chant death to whole nations of the living. But we stand dumbstruck by you as well - by your denial of tangible reality, by the suffering you create in service to your religious myths, and by your attachment to an imaginary God." - Sam Harris, author of "The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason."
The Catholic church's prohibition of condoms allows the spread of AIDS to grow ever-increasing.
So, there's me, a person of reasonably high intelligence (138 last time I was tested...) who is struggling with her belief in God. And then I read this article and find out that close to 30 million people in the United States don't believe in God.
I thought that last night I had things figured out. That I knew there was a God because I got some sort of sense of him while in the prayer room. That among all of those people altogether I could almost feel God's presence. I thought I had decided to believe again.
And then I read this article and don't know anymore. That makes me so very sad. How can one not know about believing in God? But... I'm lost. And the more I read about atheism the more I'm coming to realize that it makes sense.
So, what do I do? If I can't get some sort of a connection with God is that to mean that God isn't real?
I can't do this...
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Wow, Whit.
I took a random link from Incredible Hallq and found your blog and this post.
I'm just going to say, hopefully by way of comfort, that we all have different journeys in life, and I think almost ideally seekers continue to go over their beliefs many times.
I have known other people make changes, and even radical ones in their beliefs. But the good thing is that this time of flux isn't permanent. It may feel like the ground under you is shifting, and it is... but that doesn't last.
You'll feel grounded again, wherever you end up.
Yes, I'm an atheist, and it makes sense to me. It may not be where you wind up.
Yes, you're intellgent. But that's not the whole picture. There are dumb atheists, there are brilliant theists...
I noticed you posted something about liberal theology, and "A New Kind of Christian". We're having a wonderful discussion "at the edge" of belief and non-belief, and Brian McLaren is a big topic of discussion. There's atheists there, Christians, and none-of-the-aboves. It's an enlightening and very respectful conversation on all sides.
Wherever you wind up in your journey, you may find people who are turning over these very ideas. I encourage you to join us.
http://conversationattheedge.com/
http://off-the-map.org/atheist/
There's also a conversation board linked from both sites (They're both part of an ongoing discussion).
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