“If I lived in an hypothetical world where there were truly no God, I would still believe in God. Perhaps I would be wrong in this belief but, it would not be drugged induced.”

I feel that I may have conveyed my question unclearly, or perhaps it was misunderstood. Please let me re-phrase my question and ask it again…

If you lived on a hypothetical world where there truly were no God, and no knowledge of God, and no ability to formulate a belief in God, would you still believe in God? Hogiemo?

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It’s called “Highbeam” encylopedia and is funded by top Universities. It’s a modern encyclopedia, a very valuable resource, completely free to use!

Or try….

http://en.wikipedia.org/

If it’s something related to pop culture, you can’t beat Wikipedia.
I like to look at the wikipedia archives for “Stephen Colbert” and the “Daily Show” with John Stewart. It has histories, summaries, video links, and the latest buzz. Also, you (Hogiemo) may be happy to know that Wikipedia has become *quite* well represented by Christians in terms of their input. Anybody can write and edit the stories, but they also have real editors too, so the Christians can’t run completely rampant on the science posts. But sadly, the radical Christian influence has become obvious to me, and many of the controversial articles (God vs. Science) seem to be getting swallowed and spoiled by minutiae.

In other news today, I stumbled upon what looks to be a valuable website, Americans for Informed Democracy. Here is the link to AID…

http://www.aidemocracy.org/

Seems like a very high quality news and opinion source, let me know if any of you folks disagree.

If I lived in an hypothetical world where there were truly no God, I would still believe in God. Perhaps I would be wrong in this belief but, it would not be drugged induced.

I have examined many faiths and question my own but, unless I were the sole occupant of the hypothetical world (and therefore God) I would believe in God, and we would still have something like what we have now as far as belief or non-belief goes in the world. If your premise of the non-existence of God is true then, the world without God is not hypothetical at all but our current reality.

The question is why? Why do some human animals postulate the existence of a being which is “God”?

I assert that a sense of the numinous is an essential part of what differentiates humans from other animals. As our ancestors looked up in awe at the night sky, they sought to explain that for which they had no explanation. As our knowledge has increased, so too has our understanding of the limits of our knowledge, and still we are in awe.

Some sense the numinous and might seek a unifed field theory, or another a faith explanation, or another some amalgram of the two. That is also not to say that upon the description of a unified filed theory, my belief in God will wink out of existence!

I have chosen to believe in God, and I see the revelations of science as the unfolding of the wonders of the universe which God has made.

As for my faults, I own them. I don’t take potshots at others without any knowledge of who they are but, I do like to give those which do a Rockefeller salute!

As the administrator of the site, you have attempted (and succeeded) in maintaining a level playing field. You probably have encountered and discussed some issues which required restraint on your part in order not to alienate your opponents. An admirable, yet rarely acquired, ability (in my experience on the Internet).

I guess that I am somewhat dishonest in that I present a slightly more aggressive attitude when I am posting, as opposed to when talking over the dinner table, at a party, etc. My reasoning is that, having witnessed some of the extremist and downright *afflicted* attitudes here on the web, my defenses are indeed raised. For many years I did not voice my opinions online and was content to be one of the smart folks who “just isn’t concerned” with those Christian Fundamentalist Mor(m)ons. Now that I am actually posting, and as my interests (addictions) tend to change with circumstance, I want to make an impact while I am here on the web. I prefer to play the role of the *extreme opposite* of what I have disliked and disapproved of over the years. I may still have some atheist rage pent up, or it could be my unconscious using the game theory strategy that “a good offense is the best defense”. I guess I was/am willing to let the “poetic” Christians dismiss me as an extremist in exchange for being (attempting) the countervoice to their extremists, thus providing a decoy so as to diffuse attacks on the “average” atheist. Noble, I know.