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• Monday, June 23, 2008 11:03 AM

  @lynx, droogoy, et al

  I would like to throw two more cents in and explain a bit more about what I referred to as "fundamentalist atheism".

  The atheists I am referring to are strict materialists. They believe (yes, believe) that everything can be boiled down to a material event involving chemical/electrical processes. That's fine as far as it goes. But that's just the point: it only goes so far.

  These atheists are not saying that they can't determine the source of the universe, they are saying the source of the universe is chemical/electrical processes. They refuse to ask the question, "Where did these processes come from?", "How did they begin?" They have no answer as to the origin of the processes. Period. Yet, they believe they have "the ultimate answer".

  That "ultimate answer" is precisely what religion is concerned with. It has nothing to do with an invisible man in the sky (that's among my favorite bits as well!), or elephants on top of turtles--nothing whatsoever! It is simply this: where did this all come from? I don't believe there is a capital 'G' God out there who has some sort of benign will (or malevolent will, for that matter) and called us all into being. I do believe that there is some sort of non-material, or infinite aspect to the universe that we as finite beings can only guess at.

  Lynx, I didn't call anyone unintelligent; personal attacks are unnecessary and disrespectful.

  —jazztao Read jazztao's other letters
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