If Christians or any other members of the monotheistic religions want us to believe that some kind of God exists and He/She created the universe and life, they have to really prove it. Such an extraordinary claim requires extraordinary evidence. Arguments like, God is everywhere, life is too complex (irreducible complexity, see the human eye or DNA), nature is too beautiful or personal contact with God just do not seem very convincing, especially since physics and evolution with natural selection can provide logical counter-arguments. Furthermore, the argument of personal contact with God has a medical term associated with it.
In addition, the argument that God is outside of the natural world (super-natural / meta-physical) and as a result He/She cannot be tested and proved or disproved is, at least, weak in my mind. Using the same rationale, I believe that there are mermaids at the bottom of the sea who come out for an occasional BBQ with the fairies living at the bottom of my garden. The guests of honour are Santa Claus, Mother Goose and the Flying Spaghetti Monster [1]. They meet in a very secret place far away from our every day world and they cannot be seen by humans. However I really-really believe it.
Could you see the main difference between the God Hypothesis and the fairy tale I just described? The difference is that most people were taught from a very young age that God is real but mermaids and fairies are not. As for Santa Claus, I got really upset when my parents told me the truth. Imagine what would have happened if they had not told me. In the Mother Goose case, well, I was old enough to figure out the truth myself, and we all know that the Flying Spaghetti Monster is real, don’t we?
I do have a kind request, especially for the religious people who are convinced that I will burn in hell. Please do not try to convert me back to your religion or tell me that I will burn in hell, by sending me e-mails. Do not send me sentences from the Bible, because it is a work of fiction. If I want to believe that mythology is true, I might as well accept the ancient Greek one. It makes a more interesting read and a better soap opera. Even the ancient Greek platonic philosopher Celsus (Kelsos in Greek) was very critical of the early Christians in his work entitled "The True Word". He could see the bad attempt to copy the Greek philosophers.
Your ugly e-mails will most probably go on-line and you will further ridicule yourself. You will also provide further proof on religion's bigotry.
Not only we live in a democratic society but I would rather go to hell because this is where the eternal party and interesting people are going to be. Where else would I have eternal discussions with A. Einstein, R. Feynman, F. Nietzsche, B. Russell, C. Sagan, D. Adams and probably C. Darwin over a glass of wine?
