Why doesn’t everyone agree on matters like the existence of supreme beings? Do we all have the same data with which to work and we simply disagree on the interpretation of the data? Or does the very data differ? Some claim to know there is a God. They know it. Are they privy to some knowledge that I do not have, or do they simply look at the data in a different way? If it is simply a matter of different interpretations, then why do people disagree? I suppose because there is no absolute idea of what is sensible and what isn’t. Some people find the concept of a universe without a supreme being to be nonsensical, I guess. It would be arrogant of me to say they are wrong simply because I can envision the universe without such a being. But isn’t their position just as arrogant? There must be a god because they can’t imagine it any other way, as though the universe cares what they are capable of imagining. Or maybe the universe does care. It certainly isn’t beyond the realm of possibility. I guess humans are inherently arrogant at some level. What choice do we have?
Ramblings
September 11, 1998 | 0 comments