So to kick us off religion. Me and religion have kind of an odd relationship, I tend to disagree with a lot of organised religion. It's not a philosophical disagreement it's just that I disagree with telling people how to think. I mean in my most humble of opinions surely to promote free thinking autonomous beings. Maybe this is just a thought of mine but it seems logical to promote people to decide how they feel for themselves. Now don't get me wrong I am not close minded enough to believe that modern society would have naturally evolved without some sort of unifying explanation. This being throughout most of history religion. (Or at least to my knowledge any historians please feel free to correct me) Thus I may disagree with certain aspects I can appreciate that it has been needed. Indeed I realise that it's something which gives hope to a great many people in this world. I would hope thought that current religion is the way which it remains as currently there is no major religion which preaches any form of forced conversion. Which as I say is my main point of contention. I have no problems with people having faith nor with them worshiping in any way they choose.
Yet as much as I am criticising religion I don't disagree with the concept of a god. As I have previously stated I do believe in a god. If not the classical theistic god, however I would comment that I personally feel that any higher being would have no true interest in our lives. Yet I would argue that given the astronomical chances of each person existing is to me an indication of some form of divine plan. To borrow the words of a much greater writer than myself Alan Moore "In each human coupling, a thousand million sperm vie for a single egg. Multiply those odds by countless generations, against the odds of your ancestors being alive; meeting; siring THIS precise son; THAT exact daughter ... to distill so specific a form from that chaos of improbability like turning air to gold... THAT is the crowning unlikelihood. The thermodynamic miracle" This is a statement which when I first read I didn't grasp because much like most people this concept is forgotten. Here is some advice to you my friends and compatriots just consider this for one moment. Consider the sheer magnitude of the unlikeliness of your own existence. Not too much you might get a headache it can be somewhat disconcerting the first time. But my point is with such events plus when one considers that the chances of a planet being produced which will support life in the way that earth does, is something like one to one times ten to the power sixty. Or in an alternative way:
1 - 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Kinda scary when it's put that way isn't it? Thus when one considers these factors, it become only logical to assume that some form of cosmic intelligence exists.
However this intelligence if it does exist also could not be the classical theistic image. Or at least not in my thinking. After all when one considers that there is one hundred billion galaxies (roughly) each with one hundred billion stars. Now naturally not all of these will have planets which can support life. Yet when those kind of numbers exist (more than I personally can conceive of) It once again seems logical to assume that some of them do. None the less the potential number of planets is far too high for me to begin to attempt to guess. But if these planets all have similar populations as does glorious earth. Then the sheer number of people is in itself inconceivable. You then consider that the monotheistic god is personable and the polytheistic gods tend to be involved directly so as to control a particular aspect of existence. The number of people for a monotheistic god to directly relate to is so high logically it does not seem plausible.
These are basically a few insights into my personal belief system. If there is anything else you would like to know about please contact me in some fashion I will be happy to oblige. Yet I feel that currently this is enough for the moment. So long friends.
