Religion
In reply to the discussion: If you cannot disprove the existence of God, or prove the existence of God [View all]nil desperandum
(654 posts)While there is no point in yelling or name calling I would ask under what conditions will people accept the existence of a life-form for which they can not supply compelling evidence of existence.
The evidence that man is nothing more than the apex predator of earth is very compelling. Man routinely kills for resources, for food, and for pleasure. These actions bear a striking similarity to every other predatory life form on the planet.
Man in his arrogance assumes he is so important he must invent a reason for his existence other than accidental chemistry, as man firmly believes in his own superiority. Thus man invents a god, a god with the ability to create the universe from nothing.
This god then decides in his infinite godly wisdom that the ultimate life form worthy of his creation is a murderous, disgusting beast known as man. A filthy, exploitative, selfish animal with no species wide redeeming quality other than the ability to create tools to protect its' offspring while it murders the offspring of others and eliminates thousands of sub species planet wide on a regular basis. An animal more like a plague that lays waste to all than a noble creation visiting godly wisdom upon the planet.
When viewing humanity on a world wide scale there is zero evidence that man is anything more than a successful predatory life form that inflicts ruination upon the planet at every chance. Hardly the stuff of a godly creationism...
But that's just me, and I am obviously not in the majority who feel that god created us so he can help us enjoy sporting events by allowing his better genetic creations to score points for those who pray for wins...
If religious code helps people in their attempt to be a less disgusting species that might be a benefit, but if religious code lets you strap on a bomb to kill your neighbors who have a different god or shoot a doctor in the head for performing a medical procedure your god finds objectionable you will be hard pressed to convince me of the necessity of your god to the overall well being of the species.