GOOD QUESTION

There was a very interesting quote on Pharyngula this morning.  Every day, P. Z. Myers publishes an essay by someone who explains why he or she is an atheist. 

This morning, the essay was by Jessica from Australia.  I like getting to the root of things, and one particular statement caught my attention as being the best sumation of the whole question about a god existing.  It came out of the mouth of a babe.  Here it is:  "What sealed the deal for good with me not really believing in a deity was my innocent 6 or 7 year old cousin saying 'If god put us here, who put God there?'”

My former close creationist friend of eighty-plus years contents himself with the assurance that god has just always been.  He can't see the contradiction in his assurance that the creation could not exist without a creator but the creator who would of necessity have to have been even more complex could just magically exist.

I will never cease to marvel how we brainy apes can be so logical about so many things but swallow the assurance of faith mongers so gullibly and placidly.  I did for decades.  I devoted my life and sacrificed good life and well-being to help promote that intellectual madness to others.  Yes, I was once a faith monger too.  Many I knew, worked with and loved still are.

THE ROOT OF THE TREE

There was a blog entry this morning on Banned by HWA about people being caught up in the seventh day sabbath argument and doctrine.  I agree that it is a foolish argument, but not for any theological reasoning involved.  As I stated in one of my aricle comments, theology and theological arguments no longer impress me and I'm loath to spend much time on them.

There is no end to theological debate.  All the gods of theology, Christian and non-Christian, are fictional coneptual idols hatched in the minds of men.  I've pointed that out repeatedly in several blog articles:  http://www.hwarmstrong.com/god_factory.htm; http://www.hwarmstrong.com/al_dexter.htm#BORN; http://theageofreason--21stcentury.blogspot.com/2011/02/its-all-about-famn-damily.html

My goal is to get back to the root and the trunk that supports the fictional tree.  Chop it down and dig up the roots if you want to be truly free. 

The same is true for all the fictitious gods and scriptures of  Hinduism, Taoism, Islam, Mormonism or any other religious ism extant.

I'm sure I frustrate some of my fellow bloggers by constantly calling attention to the root facts that the Bible is a ridiculous fictional book about an impossible fictional god.  I'm not going to waste time on their theological arguments and musings.  Read my biographical book if you want to understand my approach more:  http://www.hwarmstrong.com/believing-the-unbelievable.pdf