I am not a very religious person. Anyone who knows me and who ever tried to convert me to a religion can vouch for that. And it is not because I am a scientist. There are plenty of religious scientists, and even those who think science is a religion in itself.
The recent "Video From AQ" featured an American born person of Jewish heritage who, now a convert to Islam and propagandist for AQ, suggested that we all convert to Islam, "before it is too late".
It has always been too late for me. The last time I really believed in any kind of religion was when I still believed in Santa Claus. Sometimes I tried to understand people who are religious, from their point of view at least. But, all in all, I never really swallowed the hook.
There was also a time when I wondered about UFOs and aliens. Could such things be true? Sometimes it seemed like there might really be aliens, but that feeling has passed. I have never seen anything for myself, and I can't look through the eyes of other people who claim to have experienced such things. Perhaps my brain is not "advanced enough", and I am unable to perceive such things.
Now, science or not, I cannot prove anything about religion. People who believe in such things are not swayed by logic. Even though the precepts of religious belief run contrary to logic and reason, the idea that God should be bound by silly notions that 2+2 always equals 4 is seen to be blasphemy. If anyone can look at the billion year history of animal evolution that has been chiseled into the stones of Earth and still believe in the evangelical version of reality instead, then they might as well believe that pigs can fly, too.
But the last thing I would ever do after watching some brainwashed guy with a beard on TV warning me to "convert to Islam -- or else" is convert to Islam. It is far more likely that I would convert myself into an armadillo.
The recent "Video From AQ" featured an American born person of Jewish heritage who, now a convert to Islam and propagandist for AQ, suggested that we all convert to Islam, "before it is too late".
It has always been too late for me. The last time I really believed in any kind of religion was when I still believed in Santa Claus. Sometimes I tried to understand people who are religious, from their point of view at least. But, all in all, I never really swallowed the hook.
There was also a time when I wondered about UFOs and aliens. Could such things be true? Sometimes it seemed like there might really be aliens, but that feeling has passed. I have never seen anything for myself, and I can't look through the eyes of other people who claim to have experienced such things. Perhaps my brain is not "advanced enough", and I am unable to perceive such things.
Now, science or not, I cannot prove anything about religion. People who believe in such things are not swayed by logic. Even though the precepts of religious belief run contrary to logic and reason, the idea that God should be bound by silly notions that 2+2 always equals 4 is seen to be blasphemy. If anyone can look at the billion year history of animal evolution that has been chiseled into the stones of Earth and still believe in the evangelical version of reality instead, then they might as well believe that pigs can fly, too.
But the last thing I would ever do after watching some brainwashed guy with a beard on TV warning me to "convert to Islam -- or else" is convert to Islam. It is far more likely that I would convert myself into an armadillo.
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