- 29 Aug 2016 17:57
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So to give a little background on me and the positions I have held, I am a former atheist that was raised in an atheist household never really having any type of religious backing. Both of my parents are great people, and so are my brothers and sisters. My parents never forced any of their beliefs on me, I became atheist as I discovered positions in the world and believed it to be the most logical position.
As I grow older, I have come to understand the position of people that believe in God. I believe that there is a God, She (they) created the universe and everything in it, but does not actively interfere in anybody's life except until they die. I acknowledge that I hold this mostly on faith and not really on any type of hard evidence. The biggest reason for my change of heart is morality. I do not think that a universal reality is possible without God, and as I believe that murder, rape, and physical abuse is morally incorrect in an objective and not just a social sense, this leads me to the belief in God.
So where does this belief come from? Well most people would assume the existence of God first, but I assume that there is an objective morality. From this morality, without having to define what it is that makes up this morality (only that it is there), it must be concluded that if it were to be objective, there would have to be someone that created it. This is where God comes in. Without God, our morality is entirely relative, legality-based, and essentially subjective. As I grow older, I do not think that this position is tenable.
Now, I'm not arguing for any religion. I think religions are entirely man-made, and this is borne out by the fact that so many religious sects contradict each other. I do think that morality itself, the process that governs human action, is not man-made. I'm interested in hearing what everyone's views on morality is, especially where it comes from and whether or not you believe it is subjective or objective.
As I grow older, I have come to understand the position of people that believe in God. I believe that there is a God, She (they) created the universe and everything in it, but does not actively interfere in anybody's life except until they die. I acknowledge that I hold this mostly on faith and not really on any type of hard evidence. The biggest reason for my change of heart is morality. I do not think that a universal reality is possible without God, and as I believe that murder, rape, and physical abuse is morally incorrect in an objective and not just a social sense, this leads me to the belief in God.
So where does this belief come from? Well most people would assume the existence of God first, but I assume that there is an objective morality. From this morality, without having to define what it is that makes up this morality (only that it is there), it must be concluded that if it were to be objective, there would have to be someone that created it. This is where God comes in. Without God, our morality is entirely relative, legality-based, and essentially subjective. As I grow older, I do not think that this position is tenable.
Now, I'm not arguing for any religion. I think religions are entirely man-made, and this is borne out by the fact that so many religious sects contradict each other. I do think that morality itself, the process that governs human action, is not man-made. I'm interested in hearing what everyone's views on morality is, especially where it comes from and whether or not you believe it is subjective or objective.