I find you bias. One can not assume a creator, however one should not assume there is no creator. When one is seeking Real Truth one must be open for all possibilities even those possibilities one does not want to be true.
Yes. We are all bias. That is why believers see a creator and others do not.
Think about the logic in it. If someone came to me and said "there is a man name Zelu living on Mars with his Jeep looking up at the stars", I'd say "Um okay..." I would not believe him giving the bias (my knowledge of how I interpret the world) it does not make sense. If a thousand people believe this, wrote down what Zelu said, and so forth, that does not make the claim any more true. If people see miracles that Mars exist when they have a dream, that does not tell me the claim is true. None of these things tell me a claim is true regardless if thousands of people believe in it and it's written on marble or gold.
Likewise with the creator.
I wasn't raised knowing there is a creator. I
literally did not hear and understand it at all until five years ago today. My childhood had nothing to do with that.
So, if someone came up to me if I hadn't met my Catholic friend and said "god exists he is the creator" that's the same as telling me Zelu exists on mars.
"But thousands of people believe in him... .people have seen him... and so forth."
That does not make the claim anymore true
and it doesn't make the claim worth my investigating. I have no interest to this day of figuring out there is a creator. It's not in my noggin.
So what you are telling me is your
belief based on your bias (which is healthy) and what you know from your experiences. Truth? Yours yes, The Truth, no.
That and are you open to possibilities that
anything can be true even the fact god may not exist at all? Are you open to everything you believe is an illusion?
These are possibilities. If they are not true to you, how would you be open to them unless you're like me and see things in multiple perspectives.
Evidence of intelligence is all around us. Take the house with the plumbing, windows and furniture. There is evidence of intelligence by which an explorer can learn.
If I were a blank slate (had no bias), that would not make sense. I would see things
as they are not as we, as humans, define them to be. Nature isn't intelligent. That's not even a word I'd identify with nature but with humans. A house just means a building in which one finds shelter. A home or place of rest. If I knew nothing of this, I would value the home itself not wonder who built it. That wouldn't be in my frame of reference if I were in the cold and needed a place to stay.
Random chance can stumble on forming something, however random chance creation is limited by time. Based on the age of the universe, random chance starts to have problems forming what exists today.
What is wrong with random?
To nature, everything works as it should. It
looks random to us and it's not. It just is. Once you define it, it's a human label and concept. It doesn't reflect reality just what we observe of it from the knowledge we already know and our personal biases.
Life is random. That's something many people can't handle. It's annoying you plan something and all of the sudden, something goes wrong when you've been planning all week for it to be right. Life isn't planned. We can't limit life like that.
Operating systems have complexity. There is evidence of intelligence in their method and operation. One can learn through Understanding these processes. One can learn about the designer and the manufacturing process.
Operating systems are built by humans. Human brains have the tendency to find connection and relationship with things, ideas, etc so they know what to expect. It's for safety and protection among other things.
Why would you want to know about the designer? If the designer was millions of miles away and I only had the
assumption that there is an designer, why would I break my back over learning about the designer as if the building is the designer herself?
If we wipe everything away and get down to the very basics. The universe is nothing but energy on a time platform. Is there evidence of intelligence? You bet! Just like a caveman finding a car, there are complexity of systems that have purpose and design by which one can learn.
"The universe is nothing but..." it's more than that. We don't have to belittle the universe because there is no creator. If anything, we see life as sacred as it is not how we want it to be. It helps people, yes. That does not make it true in life just to the people who need that comfort that there is a builder rather than
just appreciating the building and the warmth that building provides.
Learning and discovering leads to your answers. Feel free to keep the assumption that God does not exist. God is the sum of all knowledge. AS your knowledge increases so will your understanding. You will be walking toward God so it does not matter what you believe. It only matters what you Discover.
It's not an assumption. It's a fact. God is not an entity. The definition of god to abrahamics does not coincide how reality works. It's from humans. There is nothing wrong with that.
I just wish someone can have a good conversation with me about god coming from him being defined by humans. People either put down god because they don't believe in him or they elevate god as if believing in him is better than believing in anything else. Two sides of the coin.
Just wish I had a conversation of how god works. A good book on that, Why do We Believe in God(s)? . It's not an evolution book. It goes through the psychological and cultural reasons why people believe in gods and how it makes sense to their well being.
Perhaps the only crime would be if one forms a set of beliefs then becomes content to discover nothing. This is running from reality. I find that Understanding is the answer not escape.
OK, by discovering the universe one can learn the answers. There is much to learn, however there is so much more to the equation. We are Spiritual beings in our true natures. I have direct experience to this. Suddenly, creation has so many more questions that need answers. Spiritual answers are much harder to discover based on the physical laws of this universe. Where is the interface? I know the interface connection is in the brain, however where is the interface between the universe and the Spiritual? I think at the quantum level yet I too have much to discover.
Why do you need answers? Why not just live in the spirit and die in the spirit?
I'm already exhausted trying to write the answers to my exam, trying to make up questions as if they have some key to the answers of life is silly. There is no answers to life.
That is my experience. When I found out my experiences come from me, how I think, and how I interpret the world, when I experience spirits, hear my grandmothers speak to me, and act in the spirit, I know the origin of my belief and how it benefits me and others. I can utilize this without needing faith because the knowledge is all I need. I don't need to ask questions because the answers are right here.
Everyone forms conclusions based on their knowledge and experience. Each is on their own journey to discovery. I'm afraid with so much to discover, it's going to take a lot of time. Still, since everyone holds a different view, one might find a new direction by which one can walk forward on the road to discovery.
That is why it's false to assume that anyone who says god does not exist is wrong. Based on my conclusions, knowledge, and experience I know god does not exist. I know the spirit of christ does. I know my grandmothers and family in spirit do. I know when you die your spirit will exist.
God, an entity, doesn't work that way. That, and god of abraham doesn't have the monopoly over other creators and god(s) in each respective religions that believe in god(s).
