paulteaganTue, Jan 8, 2008 I would hope that we never throw away God. I would, however, hope that, with the progressive understanding of the nature of the universe, our notion of God can be better understood. I personally can go all day explaining away in scientific terms everything that makes up my waking life, but my description would never be complete without ambiguous, seemingly nonsensical terms that do not point to any chemical reaction or potential energies, rather aimlessly addressing an infinitely large experience, an ethereal, romantic connection to something that is beyond eating, drinking, and having sex. Spirituality will survive and by that note, God will survive, in whatever form, because we all feel something that just doesn't go away when we rationalize it. Whether we want to perceive that something as a man with a big white beard, a formless energy saturating the universe, a blind spot in our knowledge, or whatever else, it will always be there. It would just be nice, though, if we carried around this perception without bastardizing it, evangelizing it, or otherwise interfering in other peoples lives because of it.
I would hope that we never throw away God. I would, however, hope that, with the progressive understanding of the nature of the universe, our notion of God can be better understood. I personally can go all day explaining away in scientific terms everything that makes up my waking life, but my description would never be complete without ambiguous, seemingly nonsensical terms that do not point to any chemical reaction or potential energies, rather aimlessly addressing an infinitely large experience, an ethereal, romantic connection to something that is beyond eating, drinking, and having sex. Spirituality will survive and by that note, God will survive, in whatever form, because we all feel something that just doesn't go away when we rationalize it. Whether we want to perceive that something as a man with a big white beard, a formless energy saturating the universe, a blind spot in our knowledge, or whatever else, it will always be there. It would just be nice, though, if we carried around this perception without bastardizing it, evangelizing it, or otherwise interfering in other peoples lives because of it.