The internet brings us a plethora of information we now know far exceeds the capabilities of any single library in existence, including the vatican’s (yes, small ‘v’; I refuse to grant it respect). And as with libraries, while a small minority of content is questionable, many more are not.
So in this 21st century, it’s begs the question: with so much knowledge, so many recorded experiences, so much archaeological evidence (that hasn’t been commandeered by vested interested, or twisted by same), with so much research at our fingertips, why do so many still obstinately refuse to remove their blindfolds and stop delegating responsibility for their lives to an invisible and non-existent entity?
Why do so many still obstinately choose to live in fear, lack and ignorance, despite an abundance of evidence telling us no such entity exists?
Larry Simons, over at blogspot, asks 31 Questions Christians Can’t Answer. These are questions incapable of being answered by the bible in defence. They’re simple, valid, intelligent questions.
Somewhere along the line, Rupert Sheldrake’s morphic resonance must surely bring global reason, where once it brought global madness.
Mysterious or not, morphic resonance to me best explains the frustrations of so many in vast areas of life; those working on new inventions, for example, or literary and other artistic ventures, only to discover their labours have simultaneously been undertaken by others not known to them and in distant reaches of the world – and which, in all honesty, can leave one feeling a bit like they’ve ‘missed the boat’.
To me, morphic resonance best explains the creation of religion with its foundations of control and greed, using blindness, insanity, extremism, fanaticism, ignorance, fear and paranoia to their own ends.
Meanwhile, over at The Onion, there’s a piece that will either give cause for giggles or howls of rage, depending on where one stands. It’s entitled, God Admits Humans Not Most Impressive Creation. (Incidentally, I’m a confirmed giggler).
Enjoy.
©MyHeathenHeart
I’m with you on the giggling
Well, Ma always said, “cry and you cry alone, laugh and the world laughs with you”
The religious bleat that they are here ‘forever’ and their god’s power will triumph – where’s my barf bag?.
Yet they are wont to forget that the rise of commonsense has only been around a short while, and it wasn’t so long ago that even ordinary Christians were afraid to start any theological conversation with the words, “Yeah, but,hang on a minute….” for fear of hearing some pseudo religious cross-dresser in a black or brown frock shake a box of matches.
As for atheists, well…. such names were only whispered along the corridors of the Inquisition.
But these days….Yippee, WTF (Where’s That Friar?)
Give a couple of hundred years and wait and see?
Meantime please donate generously to the Enema For William Lane Craig Fund.
This is a very worthwhile cause.
Y’know, I don’t mind folks worshipping a smelly old shoe brush if that’s what puts a tilt in their kilt, just please don’t come knocking on my door at 8am on a Sunday morning extolling the virtues of doing so, before cursing me to eternal extinction if I don’t.
or…
…please don’t terrify naive and sheltered 14 year old girls travelling alone, who are trapped in Heathrow Airport for a long layover, with your semi-shaved heads, orange dresses, scary smiles, and clashing cymbals – seriously – she thought you were axe murderers and had to hide in the ladies loo counting floor tiles for the duration of her 7 hour layover….
See where I’m going here? Is it possible for our world to be religiously peaceable without the scary public displays and invasions of personal privacy? I think so. Am I reaching for the stars here? I don’t think so, no.
If the ancient Romans could manage it – at least for a little while – then I’m sure an ‘advanced’ society like ours could