Originally posted by @js357
It isn't really about what is known to be true, it is about what is believed to be true.
There's always a Designer belief available, no matter how godless the theory is stated to be. In fact believers in a Designer may have an evolutionary advantage, at least for a while. Or perhaps leaders who get their followers to espouse such beliefs, may have that ad ...[text shortened]... age, as they lead the crusade. An army who believes they are killing for their god can do a lot.
I witnessed a video today about a woman who took a hat off someone's head, because
she said that hat represented hate, mass murder, and on an on. Crusaders don't need
God they just have to believe putting someone down for a "righteous" reason needs
done. That has more to with the brokenness within us than ideas in my opinion. Ideas and
stances can be taken out of context and used to justify such actions, for some just
knowing that a disagreement is there is enough to hate someone, or desire to shut them
down.
We have come a long way from when people stood up and said that they may disagree
with someone else, but defend to the death the right for them to speak. You suggesting
my stance is to kill someone who doesn't like my God, is that what you are implying? If
it isn't why bring it up? Have you ever seen me advance the idea or desire to see anyone
harmed by another human being for any cause or reason? Did you mean to lump me in
group of people that would?
What is believed to be true is that the whole universe from the largest more powerful
forces, and the smallest pieces, all lined up perfectly for a window of time so that without
any intelligent prompting joined together in such a way that life appeared. What is believed
today, that once that happen that joining was so good it didn't break down, instead it got
more complex over time making life stronger, faster, intelligent, again without any prompt
the whole universe stayed in sync so that life could continue and not only just stay alive
by thrive. The food supply never ran dry, it never got to hot or cold, water never went
away, all the things required for life all were available throughout all time for I guess not
just a few years but what millions of years these all stayed true! Quite the string of good
fortune don't you think?
What is believed that without any prompting from an outside force life's DNA never got a
single error in it so bad it ended life, but instead enough good ones joined the code that
life became more complex. It wasn't because bad ones are not acknowledge as showing
up, nor even that the bad ones didn't out number the good ones, people just believe that
if we only look at the good ones we can make it fit the theory.
What is true? What is believed? We all look at the same universe, and make up our own
minds, or we just find a link that tells us what we want to see.