never/ever wrote:Look, I understand your question. It's a bit like saying 'why should we sent people into space when we don't even know how the human brain works'?
I don't share your view that the 'something' I believe in hasn't affected me, my outlook on life and the belief that a shared faith can make a change. That may be nothing concrete in your eyes but it is fundamental to me. i have no need to prove to everyone that there is (a) God, if you are willing to see him He is there.
Fair enough to a point. I didn't mean to lump you in with Davey and what we've been talking about. That's where the whole business about this "something" that cannot affect us or the world in any way came from. If that doesn't apply to you then fine. We're just talking at cross purposes.
The one thing I might ask: is it necessary for that something to exist for you to be affected in the way you are affected? Or is the belief alone sufficient?
If you don't particularly feel like answering or if you don't feel as though an answer would serve any further purpose then feel free to let it drop. I'll do the same.
I cannot exist by just living on this planet alone. It's fascinating and absorbing but I know that all this life, my very existence is more than a product of evolution- the fact that i cannot explain it (as it is called a Mystery) is, to put it really random, like watching a magic trick without knowing how the magician pulled it. We are so consumed with explaining everything it takes the pure mystery out of everything- that's why i find your view 'blinkered' in regards to not wanting to expand your vision because it's not worth the effort (paraphrasing here). Just to make sure, this is an extreme simplification and i don't see God as a sort of Supermagician but it kind of explains what my spiritual take on this is.
To this I would simply say that there is still a vast amount that we don't (yet) know about the world. There's still plenty of room for mystery if you want it. But ultimately I think they're mysteries that can be solved if we happen to survive long enough to solve them. And that they'll be solved by the means we've used to solve so many other former mysteries. I also happen to think that what we do know about the world and how it works is pretty damn amazing in and of itself. Although it may not have quite the same sense of mystery it is certainly capable of supplying a sense of awe for those who wish to see it that way.