God Crossword
Sunday 14 November 2010 • Filed in: religion
Wouldn't crosswords be boring if your answer to everything was "God did it"?
I was recently doorstepped by an elderly couple with a Watchtower tucked under each arm. In the ten minute conversation that ensued the old theist arguments of "the wonder of the creator" and "things look designed so they must be" came up.
I pointed out to the duo that for me, ascribing a creator to the universe and all that is within it actually removes any wonder I might have. That the universe has coalesced into the form it is today through the natural forces within it is far more wonderful to me than saying "God did it".
That life on this planet has, over billions of years evolved into highly complex forms and is extremely well suited to the environment wherever it is found is wonderful. Saying "God made 'em" isn't.
After ten minutes this nice couple were (politely) trying to get away from me.
C'est la vie.
I was recently doorstepped by an elderly couple with a Watchtower tucked under each arm. In the ten minute conversation that ensued the old theist arguments of "the wonder of the creator" and "things look designed so they must be" came up.
I pointed out to the duo that for me, ascribing a creator to the universe and all that is within it actually removes any wonder I might have. That the universe has coalesced into the form it is today through the natural forces within it is far more wonderful to me than saying "God did it".
That life on this planet has, over billions of years evolved into highly complex forms and is extremely well suited to the environment wherever it is found is wonderful. Saying "God made 'em" isn't.
After ten minutes this nice couple were (politely) trying to get away from me.
C'est la vie.