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Re: Belief in God without Religion? - July 11th 2009, 02:33 AM
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Originally Posted by onion View Post
I gave this example before I'll give it again:
I don't believe in gravity. If I were to go to a cliff could I walk and float in air because I don't believe in gravity? No. I would fall, because the point is gravity is still there. You may chose not to believe in God or His teachings, but this does not eliminate the fact that He is there.
Counterexample:

Someone presents the same argument: "I don't believe the world is flat. If I were to walk forever in a straight line, would I not fall off the edge of the world because I don't believe there is one? No, I would fall, because the point is that the edge is still there. You may chose not to believe that it is, but this does not eliminate the fact that it is there."

Would you say they are correct?

The atoms that make up you and me were born in the hearts of suns many times greater than ours, and in time our atoms will once again reside amongst the stars. Life is but an idle dalliance of the cosmos, frail, and soon forgotten. We have been set adrift in an ocean whose tides we are only beginning to comprehend and with that maturity has come the realization that we are, at least for now, alone. In that loneliness, it falls to us to shine as brightly as the stars from which we came.