Defending Aetheism

Here is a response to some very bigoted replies to one of Kyle's blog entry. It seems like you are always attracting these sort of comments, Kyle!! Homo and aetheist all in one. Well I would not claim to be aetheist. I am still debating all sides of the story and claim now to be agnostic. AT any rate here is my arguement for aetheism. It is very brief but I can go on citing different arguments for eons. Usually I am not afraid of the opposition I receive. My opposition is usually based upon the Bible and not reason. (I would be willingly base opposition and opposing views if you give me good reason to. DOn't quote me the Bible and your religion) But then again who is to say there is any reason? Why this is a prime example I set of people ever striving to reason the universe. I can't help it. I am only human.

"Oh no I am damning myself to hell forever. I should just not be aetheist to avoid such a horrible doom. I must be good and follow the word of the Bible very literally, nevermind that its literal meaning may have changed over the years through translations, and always pay my respect and worship God for only in this way will I save myself from hell and God's wrath and ensure that I shall enter heaven afterwards.

Oh and guitanguran you are obviously not a man of science for actually this universe is far from perfect. Complex, astonishing yes. But actually there are two fundamental laws that this universe follows.
1: More entropy-More randomness!!! Not order and reason silly

2. Less enthalpy. Less energy please. Whatever takes less energy unless the mess that is created from the energy expended to make the mess is more than the energy that would have been saved

Did you hear of the argument Darwin used to disprove God? If he was perfect why would he waste resources to create perfect creatures to inhabit his perfect planet with vestigial organs (useless organs/bones and also further evidence for evolution).

You think there is reason because this is what our ever adaptive human minds make of our environments. If there was no reason and order to understand how could we manipulate our environment to better suit ourselves? There would be no system to base our actions, thoughts, and predictions on.

We are all afraid as people. Afraid of our fates. Afraid that there is nothing to follow life. That perhaps we all live worthless lives and death is the also the end of our existances.

Furthermore we are afraid of the unexplicable-the great, the almighty, the seemingly supernatural. We want to feel as if things are under our control. It is just like how our mind makes reason out of the universe's chaos.

Thus man invented religion and wa lah it offered a rather simple explanation for the unexplicable, for the "miracles". Furthermore, it put control in our hands again. If we worshiped this power or God as in many religions today we will have this force on our side, BENEFITING Us.

I may be wrong but here is my defense for aetheism. You may be devoutly religious but at least open your minds to hear this much. Only in hearing and willingly debating all sides of the argument can you claim to be anything but ignorant."