Re: If There Is No God
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As for higher powers, surely the fact that so much is unexplained would lead one to believe that there is something out there worth knowing, even if it is just static electricity. The man who thinks he is the centre of the Universe and the whole meaning of his life was the attainment of temporary pleasure and avoiding temporary pain is unnatural. The consequences of mortality convinces him of that.
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How does this address the point I made? You stated the argument that it is reasonable to believe in a higher power since you cannot explain how you came to exist. I made an analogous argument by pointing out that not so long ago men ascribed the existence of lightning to a higher power, yet we came to learn that we could indeed understand where lighting came from.
Point being, leave the book open as it is quite possible that man will be able to explain his own existence in the future if we continue to search. Your position appears to be to close the book now as it is clear that a higher power created us, just as a higher power created lightning in previous times.
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