foursixand2

there is so much i would like to say to that, but i just sigh and refrain, because i know it is probably a waste of breath. Bur i will in brief detail recount my journey away from God, perhaps it will strike curiosity in this, or some theist, to explore similar avenues. i feel i owe people, who think like this some sympathy, because of my background. I was raised christian, and thus creationist. I always had interest in science, and i think i owe more to certain teachers than myself, for my continued interest. Probably particularly a teacher i had in seventh grade who took interest in me because i always got the second highest scores on tests (and the other kid actually studied). Not that seventh grade is something to brag about now, but it was my activity there, and the teacher who recognized my ability that made the distinction in my mind that this was something i had some natural affinity to that i should continue to cultivate. In my next year of school i learned about natural selection, realized it made a damn lot of sense, had the ability to explain life that rendered God unnecessary. At that time the revelation only scared me, made me feel empty and without purpose or meaning, so i wrote it off as an idea implanted by the devil to cause despair. Then in eleventh grade i checked out two books from the city library : A River Out of Eden and Unweaving the Rainbow. I couldn't put them down. I was more inspired by the things i learned, than by anything from my religious life before. That moment is so far the most profound and 'spiritually' moving experience of my life. A couple quotes explain this phenomenon better than i can. First, the quote of my signature from Douglas Adams, and this one from Carl Sagan : In some respects, science has far surpassed religion in delivering awe. How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, “This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed!”? Instead they say, “No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.” If you see the logic of evolution, you have one foot in the door, and all i can do is hope you will continue to honestly search for the truth, and not be afraid to do that. Just for a few moments, indulge in imagining the world outside the box of the superstitions of your parents. But if im wrong and there is a God, you shouldn't feel threatened to experiment, you'll always find your way back to the truth.

i am apparently known here (i do all my internet business under this handle) as foursixand2. would have been foursixandtwo but the 'o' was one too many characters. Anyone viewed the new Tool DVD Vicarious? It literally brought tears to my eyes. My avatar is a picture of a katydid holding a water droplet it is about to consume. My sig is a quote from Douglas Adams, hopefully you already knew that. I suppose this will commence my introduction.