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Good and evil are pretty much subjective in my opinion so I suppose there really is no such a thing as intrinsically evil.

What do you mean by that? I didn't quite understand what you mean.

No I don't think you can mix God with science. Also science seems to contradict almost everything about God and also simple observation and common sense contradicts God. With that being said, I highly doubt that there is a God and 99.999% of the evidence simply points to there being no God and no objective meaning to life. I basically agree with H.P. Lovecraft that the universe is at best hostile or indifferent to human existence. http://gondolin.piglets.org/serendipity/archives/114-Cthulhu-and-Cosmic-Terror.html

We couldn't have come from only two ancestors because there is too much diversity between people. Some people are much stronger, much more resilient and also better-looking (healthier) than others and this quite big genetic and molecular diversity between people proves that we could not all have come from Adam and Eve. So abiogenesis makes much more sense to me than divine creation.

Cosmicism is the literary philosophy developed and used by the American writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft in his weird fiction. He was an American author of fantastic and macabre short novels and stories, one of the 20th-century masters of the Gothic tale of terror. Howard Phillips Lovecraft was interested in science from childhood, but lifelong poor health prevented him from attending college. He made his living as a ghostwriter and rewrite man and spent most of his life in seclusion and poverty. His fame as a writer increased only after his death. The philosophy of cosmicism states that there is no recognizable divine presence, such as a god, in the universe, and that humans are particularly insignificant in the larger scheme of intergalactic existence, and perhaps are just a small species projecting their own mental idolatries onto the vast cosmos, ever susceptible to being wiped from existence at any moment. This also suggested that the majority of undiscerning humanity are creatures with the same significance as insects in a much greater struggle between cosmic forces which, due to humanity's small, visionless and unimportant nature, it does not recognize. Perhaps the most prominent theme in cosmicism is the utter insignificance of humanity. Lovecraft believed that "the human race will disappear. Other races will appear and disappear in turn. The sky will become icy and void, pierced by the feeble light of half-dead stars. Which will also disappear. Everything will eventually disappear. And what human beings do is just as free of sense as the free motion of elementary particles. Cosmicism shares many characteristics with nihilism, though one important difference is that cosmicism tends to emphasize the inconsequentiality of humanity and its doings, rather than summarily rejecting the possible existence of some higher purpose (or purposes). For example, in Lovecraft's Cthulhu stories, it is not so much the absence of meaning that causes terror for the protagonists as it is their discovery that they have absolutely no power to effect any change in the vast, indifferent, and ultimately incomprehensible universe that surrounds them. Whatever meaning or purpose may or may not be invested in the actions of the cosmic beings in Lovecraft's stories is completely inaccessible to the human characters, in the way an amoeba (for example) is completely unequipped to grasp the concepts that drive human behavior. Lovecraft's cosmicism was a result of his complete disdain for all things religious, his feeling of humanity's existential helplessness in the face of what he called the "infinite spaces" opened up by scientific thought, and his belief that humanity was fundamentally at the mercy of the vastness and emptiness of the cosmos.[3] In his fictional works, these ideas are often explored humorously ("Herbert West–Reanimator," 1922), through fantastic dreamlike narratives ("The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath," 1927), or through his well-known "Cthulhu Mythos" ("The Call of Cthulhu," 1928, and others). Common themes related to cosmicism in Lovecraft's fiction are the insignificance of humanity in the universe[4] and the search for knowledge ending in disaster.[5] Cosmic indifference Though cosmicism appears deeply pessimistic, H.P. Lovecraft thought of himself as neither a pessimist nor an optimist but rather an "indifferentist,"[citation needed] a theme expressed in his fiction. In Lovecraft's work, human beings are often subject to powerful beings and other cosmic forces, but these forces are not so much malevolent as they are indifferent toward humanity.[6] This indifference is an important theme in his philosophy. The noted Lovecraft scholar S. T. Joshi points out that "Lovecraft constantly engaged in (more or less) genial debates on religion with several colleagues, notably the pious writer and teacher Maurice W. Moe. Lovecraft made no bones about being a strong and antireligious atheist; he considered religion not merely false but dangerous to social and political progress."[7] As such, Lovecraft's cosmicism is not religious at all, but rather a version of his mechanistic materialism." Lovecraft thus embraced a philosophy of cosmic indifferentism. He believed in a meaningless, mechanical, and uncaring universe that human beings, with their naturally limited faculties, could never fully understand. His viewpoint made no allowance for religious beliefs which could not be supported scientifically. The incomprehensible, cosmic forces of his tales have as little regard for humanity as humans have for insects.[8] Though hostile to religion, Lovecraft used various "gods" in his stories, particularly the Cthulhu related tales, to expound cosmicism. However, Lovecraft never conceived of them as supernatural; they are merely extraterrestrials who understand and obey a set of natural laws, which to the limited human understanding seem magical. These beings (the Great Old Ones, Outer Gods and others)—though dangerous to humankind—are neither good nor evil, and human notions of morality have no meaning for these beings. Indeed, they exist in cosmic realms beyond human understanding. As a symbol, they represent the kind of universe that Lovecraft believed in, a universe in which humanity is an insignificant blot, fated to come and go, its appearance unnoticed and its passing unmourned. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmicism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft

Yes there is A LOT of evidence in fact to state that God does not exist. People are just too dumb to see it and prefer to believe what suits them while closing their eyes to anything that seems to contradict their religious beliefs. No there is no such evidence. Absolutely none. Or at least I fail to see it. I mean does a rock have a greater purpose for its existence? Does a cockroach or a scorpion have a purpose for its existence? We are not much different from a rock or a cockroach or a scorpion in the big cosmic picture.

I could bet my money that God does not exist because all scientific evidence so far shows that humans and Earth are especially insignificant in the cosmic scheme of things. This view is called 'Cosmicism' or something... "Cosmicism is the literary philosophy developed and used by the American writer H. P. Lovecraft in his weird fiction.[1] Lovecraft was a writer of philosophically intense horror stories that involve occult phenomena like astral possession and alien miscegenation, and the themes of his fiction over time contributed to the development of this philosophy." "The philosophy of cosmicism states that there is no recognizable divine presence, such as a god, in the universe, and that humans are particularly insignificant in the larger scheme of intergalactic existence, and perhaps are just a small species projecting their own mental idolatries onto the vast cosmos, ever susceptible to being wiped from existence at any moment. This also suggested that the majority of undiscerning humanity are creatures with the same significance as insects in a much greater struggle between greater forces which, due to humanity's small, visionless and unimportant nature, it does not recognize. Perhaps the most prominent theme in cosmicism is the utter insignificance of humanity. Lovecraft believed that "the human race will disappear. Other races will appear and disappear in turn. The sky will become icy and void, pierced by only the feeble light of half-dead stars. Which will in turn also disappear. Everything will eventually disappear. And what human beings do is just as free of sense and meaning as the free motion of elementary particles." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmicism

For starters, I would make the Earth a better place to live in for everyone, not just for the privileged few like it is now. No more starving people, no more hunger, no more pain, no more sickness and I would end all deadly and painful diseases that currently we don't have enough resources to cure.

Nah I don't buy it. I think we are more than just cells, DNA and atoms. I think that the spiritual component to the human existence cannot be ignored. And I also believe that atomic mechanism cannot explain everything there is to know about human existence. This is what lead some biologists to adopt alternative philosophies to philosophical and atomic mechanism such as vitalism and organicism. These scientists say that reality can best be explained as an organic whole (like a superorganism) and that philosophical mechanism alone simply doesn't cut it. I found these Wikipedia articles quite helpful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_(esotericism) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89lan_vital https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superorganism

This is not quite correct. Buddhism and pantheism don't believe in the existence of any God and so are Chinese religions like Confucianism, Taoism and secular humanism. Also God-believers have no convincing way to explain the existence of a loving deity when there are people dying every day or are in a state of terrible pain, suffering, misery and illness.

Intergalactic travel is impractical using robotic spaceships because the electromagnetic radiation in space is pointed at you, and is blue shifted to enormous energies and will just kill you. Also there is the problem of interstellar gas and micrometeorites that could vaporize your spacecraft travelling at thousands of mph. You could use a space ship made of an enormous piece of ice and that would shield you from most hazards, but eventually EM radiation would get you anyway. Assuming short cuts like worm holes are impossible to exploit, the only solution is to transcend physical form altogether. Maybe there is a science beyond physics which will allow us to transcend physical form altogether. I'm hoping that's what will happen when I die. http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=4858&page=2

Actually I realized that it is the theists that are telling everyone what to believe and what to do, not the atheists. For instance atheists don't threaten Christians that will have to suffer infinite pain in Hell if they believe in God but Christians do that to atheists.

I think that you just made a great post and yes, this is also the way that I tend to look at things. Buddhism may be able to explain why some people have to go through so much pain and suffering in their life just to leave this world in the end but in the end, does it really matter?

Do you think that physics is the most fundamental of the all the sciences? And if yes, then do you think that physics will one day provide a complete theory (a theory of everything) of all the phenomena in existence including space, time, energy and matter?

I believe in energy more than I believe in either God or Jesus. Energy is everything in my opinion whether it is psychological, esoteric, spiritual or physical. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_(esotericism) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_(psychological) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtle_body

I don't need to provide any reasons because my opinions are purely subjective based on my own life experiences and I just do not see the evidence for any loving God. In the end of the day you either choose to believe in God or you don't and logic has not much to do with it.

There is no rational justification in my opinion because there simply is no God or at least no caring God and anyone who says otherwise is just a damn liar.

The bible is full of contradictions and immorality. If God commits genocide then it's alright but when weaker mere mortals commit genocide then it's a punishable sin? Just comes to show the hypocrisy and two-facedness of theists.

I have no reason to believe in either of them and besides Jesus is dead. And if normal people could come back from the dead then maybe so can my dead brother and many other great people could come back to life again but fact is I don't see him again and probably won't see him ever again. Lets face it, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence and at present, there is no such evidence.

You make the dangerous assumption that just because God created something then we have no right to reject it even if that thing is inferior or corrupt. This kind of thinking is dangerous because it leads to fascism and oppression of the weak and I refuse to accept it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christofascism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamofascism

I'm taking about the God 'Yahweh' who is also the demiurge in Gnosticism.

Sorry but that is simply nonrational. It seems more likely to me that maybe God created something inferior or evil and that is why we reject it.

I don't believe in the afterlife and I don't believe in souls or ghosts. I believe that this life is it. The only part of you that can 'live on' after death is your name and your legacy. There is very probably no life after death. Live for today and enjoy life. If you need something to look forward to, order an item online and wait for it to be delivered to your home.

I have no such justification. I just do not believe. I just never felt God's presence in my life and neither did my mother. When I was completely destitute and living on the streets and crying out for help, God didn't lend me a helping hand. In fact God does not help people at all, whether the homeless, the starving or the oppressed. Think about it, if God treats us so cruelly during life then what exactly is it that makes theists so sure that he will just let them enjoy eternal peace in his heaven? AND I ASK YOU, THIS IS SUPPOSEDLY THE GOD OF LOVE??? A good benevolent god could have created man as a loving caring creature with free will but without any desire or ability to commit evil. God already created other limitations on man's 'free will'. He created hunger pains to force man to eat and drink and He also created suffocation panic to force man to breathe and a powerful sex drive to force man to procreate, right? (Frequently in excess of mans ability to feed and care for his creations!) I mean why create greed and selfishness which encourages man to steel, lie, subjugate and even kill other men? This is supposedly to keep man in line and force him to follow god's wishes and commands. This is a characteristic of a Capitalist dictator and slave master and not the characteristics of a loving god. Why does this all powerful creator, all loving and caring intelligent designer, create Plagues, Tsunamis, Tornadoes, Volcanic Eruptions, Floods, Wars, Earth Quakes, Cancers and hundreds of debilitating diseases and serious body malfunctions? There are 12,000 known diseases that affect and punish mankind indiscriminately. Why does he permit millions of both young and old to starve to death on the street or die of miserable diseases? Why punish millions of INNOCENT CHILDREN in this horrible way? There is a parasitic worm in West Africa that bores through the eyes of children and causes total blindness for the rest of their lives. This is the work of an all caring and loving god??? Why does this all powerful and caring god permit totally "innocent children" to die at birth? Or worse, be born lacking eyesight, a fully developed brain, deaf and dumb, missing limbs etc.? Why are some born stupid and others with super-intelligence? Why are some born into wealth and others pauper poor and completely destitute? Why are his human creations designed to deteriorate into a miserable and devastating old age regardless of their religious affiliation? Why did this all powerful and loving creator create things like sharks, jelly fish, octopus, lions, tigers, rhinoceros, Wolves, stinging and poisonous insects, poisonous snakes, poisonous plants etc.? Why did this caring benevolent god create animals (including man) that need to painfully kill and eat other animals to survive? World War I claimed 9,000,000 lives of people of many religious faiths. World II indiscriminately claimed over 20,000,000 lives of people of all ages and religious faiths, plus a vast destruction of property and more millions maimed for life. The recent Asian Tsunami has claimed the lives of 200,000 men, women and children of all religious persuasions. Over 100,000 of these were totally INNOCENT children! There were three major epidemics of the Bubonic Plaque - in the 6th, 14th. and 17th centuries. The death toll was over 137 million men, women and totally innocent children. The influenza of 1918-1919 killed at least 25 million men, women and innocent children indiscriminately. Diseases like malaria, AIDS, tuberculosis, etc. maim and kill millions indiscriminately every year. More millions die of starvation and malnutrition. These indiscriminately afflicted the young and old, atheists and those of all religious persuasions. Meanwhile MAN, and not god, has developed defenses and cures for hundreds of serious diseases. Man has learned to create shelter, heat and cooling, purify water, world wide electronic communications, power and transportation systems including flying through the air. Perhaps your loving and caring god is actually a cruel, heartless, mean and torturing tyrant. If he treats us so cruelly during life, why do you think he will let us enjoy peace and eternal happiness in his Heaven? And why does he keep all this a secret by preventing communication with our dead parents, siblings and friends? There are thousands of religious and god beliefs but no OBJECTIVE VERIFIABLE EVIDENCE for the actual existence of ANY gods. ALL god beliefs are based on the 'opinions' of errant men. If there is a God that created the Universe, he is obviously not a good-hearted and benevolent god. Nor is he an "Intelligent Designer". The objective evidence is if there is a God creator, he has NO concern about the welfare of the creatures of Earth.

I think I can further complicate this question and ask "What does the number zero mean in the physical sense?" Since this universe is so very big and so very complex and we always discover new things about how it operates and it is also quite likely that there was another universe before this one, I think it is quite possible that the multiverse and God are actually the same thing. This belief is actually called Panentheism and you may want to check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panentheism