05-30-2004, 07:22 AM
Quote:Dude, this is along the lines of the \"How do you know invisible massless pink monkeys aren't playing water polo in your backyard?\" argument. Of course there is an element of faith involved in believing in God -- that goes without saying. But this belief is not an arbitrary assumption. First, obviously religious people believe that the idea of God's existence comes from the fact that God does, in fact, exist. Beyond that however, no one is \"assuming\" that God created what we see. At this point, this is morphing into the rather pointless debate of \"how do we know God exists\" -- we're all familiar with the pro and con arguments, so there is no need to rehash them here.I will say that, despite my faith, I've always found the agnostic position to be the more \"scientific\" view point. But that's neither here nor there.Fair enough. I do see the religious point of view when they consider the existence of God, and sometimes wish that I had the courage to take the leap of faith that many of you obviously have.