For several decades, the theory that smoking tobacco caused cancer was unproven. It took a large amount of effort by "believers" (that it did cause cancer) to actually prove the point convincingly.
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Likewise, many of us who do believe in God (or other deity) wonder which point of the obvious argument (you are alive, just look at the world around you) are you missing??
Unfortunately, religion has often been it's own worst enemy in making people non believers.
However, the poppycock that relates the universe to movements of wave like motions in a pond, relationships between grapes, apples and oranges (particle and wave physics), the little bit of math we know and some chemistry makes us act like some juvenile who now "knows everything". Science, though useful, also promotes the peak of arrogance in human beings, even though we have to change all of our scientific theories on a regular basis. Frankly, on average, I think our ancient civilizations were on a higher plane of personal knowledge then where we are today. Just turn on the Tee Vee to get an idea of what I mean. Were the guys who built the pyramids really as dumb as that? |
