I don't do religion, but believe and I'll give you one of my reasons in brief.
As a lover of science I have learned that there are rules......call 'em laws. While we do not have a full understanding of the universe we have a decent enough grasp for my reasoning to believe in a creator - god - whatever ya call it.
This is about LIFE. One of the basic laws is that entropy increases.....simply stated - things tend to go from complex to simple. An easy example is an apple. We have all seen an apple rot. It goes from the complex order of having a skin and insides w/ seeds all made up from different cells and complex molecules back to what it used to be.....a few elements, compounds and water. No matter how long you wait it will never go back towards more complex.
Now take that seed we find inside the apple. It can in time become a tree which in turn can produce apples itself. It is ALIVE. If one of those apples should fall from the tree or if the tree itself is brought down we will see complexity become simplicity again.
Seems to me that LIFE actually is contrary to nature. It can't be unless it is made to live or is given life.....the ability to become more complex - and even reproduce.
To me - life demostrates a higher power.....whatever you may call it.
This is one example of how I defend(explain) my belief and still need no religion.
Nope....I never once said I am not tolerant of christians or people that think they are christians.
What I said is that I do not AGREE NOR BELEIVE it myself.....and am fine w/ the ignorant<-----my words...reflecting my opinion for which I paid to express.
Because it is the mature thing to do ....not doing so is dissrespectful not only to those following a faith, but to people like me that served in the US military to give the ignorant a free country to be able to study and learn the truth if they want.
I reccommend some unbiased study of the HISTORY of the text instead of the CONTENTS of the text first.
If I go to fix a machine and grab the wrong manual I will have problems. I GOTTA make sure my book is good first - and that goes to fact....not if I simply BELIEVE it's right.
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