A theory is a helluva lot more believable then a bunch of here-say from people who believe in a supernatural being because they need to feel love, and an inner strength.
According to this theory, the world is approxomately four-point-five billion years of age. What's your point?
Since by God's very nature, God is omnipotent, he could have created the world yesterday, and you wouldn't be able to know the difference. The reason we can't prove God's existence is that our efforts are those of three or four dimensional beings trying to perceive beyond the fifth. Here's an illustration. Let's say you have created a world of two dimensional people called "Flatties", on a sheet of paper. The Flatties can percieve direction sideways, but there is no up or down for them. They can't perceive the third dimension. They can sometimes hear you speak, but there is no concrete way for them to prove you exist, since they can't look up out of their paper and see you. That doesn't mean that you aren't there though. You can see them, you can affect them, you can speak to them. But no one will ever see you, unless you touch the paper. Even then, they will only be able to perceive one single plane of your entire being. The same holds true to God, only on a more complicated scale. We exist in three dimensions, four if you count time as the fourth dimension. God exists so far beyond our perception that we could not prove he was there, even if we worked a thousand years trying. The only reason we can believe in him is because sometimes he speaks to us. The truth of faith is bound up in its name. It's belief without proof. It's a higher calling to a purpose that not everyone else can see, but that still exists.
If you have been bound, blindfolded and gagged and are lying on the railroad tracks, denying that a train will eventually come because you can't see it won't make a difference. And if someone who has the power to save you is there, and you can't see them, wouldn't you rather take a leap of faith, and in total helplessness, ask for their help? Or would you rather take your chances with the train?
[and bringer, I say this with no disrespect. just a thought. take it for what it's worth]
You insist that god is real, people who are high on, say, magic mushrooms, say that their hallusinations(sp) are real. You look to your higher power when you are in need of help because you are too weak to accept that you are on your own and there is no god to hold your hand. Although that is harsh, it is what I believe. God cannot exist, for if he did, do you believe there would be thousands of children dying every day? Thousands of homeless in every city begging for change on cold, winter nights? The terrorism, the war, do you really think that if there was a god he would let this happen?
I believe in a spirits and the supernatural, I just dont go to extremes, I know that this earth was created naturally as were we. I know that if I pray some bullshit higher power isn't going to come and help me. That's a load of shit. There's nothing out there, untill I witness a miracle, there will be nothing out there for me.
Also, I would ask for help, but know that it wasn't god, because god doesn't exist. That's a bad example, anyway, I would never be bound to railway tracks, and if I was, there would be no prince charming to come save me. You believe in these fairy tales because you have nothing else to believe in, you are tied to your so-called god and that's stopping you from living. You go to church to hear people speak to you for god when they're just there talking bullshit.
Tell me, if I said I had found a book that was written by the devel, would you believe there was a devil? There is no reason to believe in god, it's in your head. Shake it off, get real, accept that you're alone, and grow up.
[[Although harsh, this is honest, and it's a valid argument, I expect flames, I expect counter arguments, but please do not feed me "when you die god'll be pissed and send ya down" shit, I don't want to hear it untill you prove, or even find a bit of evidence, that the big man in the sky exists]]
