Nothing Intelligent about Intelligent Design.
I was reading one of many numerous articles I have read about the supposed battle between Evolution and Intelligent Design (which is basically repackaged Creationism). This quote from Billy Graham's daughter really got me riled:
"If you believe you evolved, you say your life is an accident, maybe even a mistake. You have come from nowhere. You are going nowhere, and your life has no eternal purpose. You don't belong to anyone, and you have no accounting to give to anyone."
It boggles my mind that anybody would either be arrogant enough to believe that they have "eternal purpose" and such a resounding effect on the cosmos-at-large and that they owe no accounting to anyone save their deity. God or not, afterlife or not, how about a little personal responsibility with your here-and-now? Just because we have no real effect on the macrocosm of the universe doesn't mean we don't have an immense (and occasionally catastrophic) effect on the microcosm of our planet. I'm fairly certain most people don't still follow this self-aggrandizing philosophy that lead to the long reign of geo-centrism way back in the middle ages. But the people who do believe these things are very vocal and influential. They frighten me.
Personally I'm torn between atheism, paganism, and Flying Spaghetti Monsterism
"If you believe you evolved, you say your life is an accident, maybe even a mistake. You have come from nowhere. You are going nowhere, and your life has no eternal purpose. You don't belong to anyone, and you have no accounting to give to anyone."
It boggles my mind that anybody would either be arrogant enough to believe that they have "eternal purpose" and such a resounding effect on the cosmos-at-large and that they owe no accounting to anyone save their deity. God or not, afterlife or not, how about a little personal responsibility with your here-and-now? Just because we have no real effect on the macrocosm of the universe doesn't mean we don't have an immense (and occasionally catastrophic) effect on the microcosm of our planet. I'm fairly certain most people don't still follow this self-aggrandizing philosophy that lead to the long reign of geo-centrism way back in the middle ages. But the people who do believe these things are very vocal and influential. They frighten me.
Personally I'm torn between atheism, paganism, and Flying Spaghetti Monsterism