Look, perhaps we got off on the wrong foot. I meant no offense by doubting your sincerity. I did not say that simply because our opinions differ. I said it because you comments directly mimic what normally a “religious” person would say about salvation from God… that is truth, freedom, loss of fear, meaning and purpose to life, and answers to life’s questions. These are rarely if ever applied to evolutionary beliefs and so it appeared deliberate and shallow to me from someone who had a chip on their shoulder. Now if evolution really brings you those things, than all power to you. I suspect you will have a rude awakening someday. You say you love your life, your daughter, wife and yourself. Heaven forbid, but let’s say your child gets hit by a car tomorrow, you lose your job and without money your wife divorces you. Distraught you attempt suicide and become crippled in the attempt. How much would you love your life then? How much comfort would evolution bring to you? This seems very short sighted to me.
True, I know little about you personally. However, it’s more than a “shred of inkling” because you’ve chosen to write about yourself and so I have learned something about you from your words (more so than the other way around since you’ve read little of my writings). You seem offended by my suggestion that you may be insincere, yet you spend your entire post judging me and my motives and then in the end telling me that I’m insincere and not credible. Why don’t we just call it even and move to a kinder tone? While blogs and posts tend to emphasize disagreement, we should at least assume that the other person is telling the truth about themselves. Going forward, I’ll try to respect what you say about yourself as true until you prove me wrong. Perhaps we should stick to facts and evidence instead of trying to guess how the other feels personally?
Regarding some of your comments, you continue to turn things on their head. If you really hate to see people blindly follow the leader, than I am surprised you have chosen the evolutionary path. We are taught evolutionary dogma throughout our educational careers and so many blindly follow it without question like lemmings over a cliff. No other scientific alternatives are allowed. You cannot even question the evidence for evolution or you risk losing your job like so many others have. This is nothing but evolutionary bigotry, not science, and these strong arm techniques are more associated with fascist rule than in a free country. On the other hand, those that closely examine the evidence and break the mold become creationists.
Violence stemming from Christian religions pales in comparison to those brought about by evolutionary principles. For example, Hitler used racist evolutionary thinking to murder millions of those he considered belonging to the “inferior” race. Australian aborigines were slaughtered, the skin boiled off their bones and their skulls sent to museums as examples of less evolved humans! If you need more detailed statistics, I can provide them.
As far as your judgments on the authenticity of my relationship with God, it seems to me that since you apparently have failed in yours that because of pride you assume everyone else’s relationship is also a failure. So you think you have purpose without God? I’ve already demonstrated that the things of this world are temporary and fleeting. If your family is the only reason you get out of bed, what will you do if they are taken from you? Stay in bed? Yes, I love God more than I love myself and I would be willing to give my life for Him if He required it. How can you even suggest that God is comparable to “someone on the other side of the world”? You obviously cannot have a clue as to what a relationship with God is. It is in no way a convenient or “easy” belief as many around the world and throughout history have endured much persecution and suffering for their belief in God.
You say that it's impossible to be objective, impartial, and unbiased when there is an incentive involved. What is your incentive? Acceptance by others who also believe in evolution? Acceptance by the “world”? God warned against being like the “world”. Why do you work? Would you go to your job everyday if you were not paid? Would you be married to your wife if she constantly criticized and nagged you? Would you be married to your wife if you believed in God and she didn’t? Is her love your incentive for pleasing her? God created us and our families as examples of how he loves us. Our earthly relationships are no different than the relationship we have with our heavenly Father.
Finally, you accuse my response of being just another creationist answer that “provides broad answers, but ignores any of the details”. Where are the details in your posts? If you want to get into details, I would be happy to oblige. You want to be a “spark plug” for people’s minds? I hope I have done the same.
