Re: Religion and evidence

From: Chris Taylor (chris.taylor@ebi.ac.uk)
Date: Tue 17 Jan 2006 - 16:21:59 GMT

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    That has to be true, and is why there is the assertion about longer, happier life through church (although I acknowledge Derek's qualification of this) but what stopped me in my tracks was the claim of a full-on interventionist god, on call (ish)!

    Another take if we accept the evidence as offered and don't just put it down to a run of luck would invoke some form of psychokinesis, or that we all just live in the illusion of a consistent universe, or that the big guy _is_ up there crossing off names :)

    Now where did I put that razor...

    Richard Brodie wrote:
    > Kate wrote:
    >
    >
    >>Most of all, the best explanation of what happened when I prayed
    >>seemed to be that I was really in some sort of communication with a loving
    >
    > God.
    >
    > Did you consider the alternative, naturalistic explanation that you had
    > simply discovered the benefit of conscious, purposeful living? Having
    > confidence and clarity about direction in life yields remarkable results. I
    > think for many, belief in God is an effective way to get this confidence and
    > clarity (as well as some very valuable peer support), but no actual God is
    > necessary to produce the results.
    >
    > Richard Brodie
    > www.memecentral.com
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