On the origin of species.

I’ve been intrigued by some of the postings of @almightygod on twitter lately. While sometimes coming off critical of people, I think he also does a good job of highlighting the voice of people who genuinely don’t believe in God.

To be honest, I get fed up with the way many people who believe in God consider this to be a moral undertaking to make people convert to a belief in God. It’s lame.

The way I see it there are two camps:

1. One camp believes, scientifically, that there is no evidence of a “God” that created matter. It’s simply about a scientific view that says, When we trace back the universe to the beginning, we don’t see evidence that there was a God that created matter.
2. The other camp, believes that tracing back the universe to the beginning is impossible because no matter how far back you go, you can’t make matter without matter unless matter is created out of nothing.

Once you’re in one of the two camps (i.e., either matter created itself or some being created matter), the rest is all the narrative you wrap around your origin view to make life meaningful.

I for one think there is an origin that begins with something so completely outside of our ability to understand that we call it God. Others, think, if we keep working on it through string theory, nano particles, black holes and otherwise, we’ll be able to keep getting closer to knowing a natural origin.

Neither of those interferes with my desire to make the world a better place. Neither worldview interferes with my belief that we should love one another. Be truthful with one another. Give to one another. Live in peace with one another. Turn from hate against one another.

I find very little threatening to my person about atheism. What I find more threatening is religiosity. Bible thumping, Koran burning, terrorist plotting and war starting.

To the theist:  You can’t love what you fear. Don’t fear the atheist. We all have a different starting point.

To the atheist: You can’t love what you hate. Theists have made egregious acts in the name of God. Hate stirs the pot.

Instead of trying to CONVERT your atheist neighbor, why not have a rational conversation? Enjoy coffee together. Treat each other nicely. Without motive.