Theists want to think that there is more to life then what one can see. This is true, but one does not have to bring magical beings into the picture. There are plenty of things that one can not see that are real things, like atoms, cells, galaxies that are far, far away and this list is very extensive and I have no need to list it all.
Also many theists will not take the time to understand and learn about the universe that is in and around them. For one thing, this understanding doesn’t make them the center of it all, they need to be one step from a so-called god or not many steps away from it. They need a plan to make it all mean something. All that dying, suffering, war, disease etc in the world must have a plan, well no it doesn’t, that’s life, deal with it. They also don’t like being related to apes, monkeys and other creatures on this world, but thru their actions they only prove that they are, just watch the news. My apologies go to all the apes, monkeys and to the rest of living things.
Theists in general like to think that their morals come from up high, but it is mainly just what they what to be true and their religion is just the vehicle they use to justify their so-called morals, we see a lot of that too on the news with people blowing themselves up and others. How many would be doing that if they know there was no magical afterlife. I’m not saying that there aren’t times that one shouldn’t sacrifice oneself for others, but it shouldn’t be for magical reasons like a pie in the sky. I think a hell of a lot more of a person that gives it all up, with no thought of heaven for others and/or loved ones, then for someone that thinks they are getting a big reward for dying.
If one uses religion and/or science to keep others down, to belittle them, to make them less then human, then they have no morals, their so-called morals are all just a veneer.
And the testament writers only told some of the truth about human nature.
Paul
