I had forgotten this site so when I ran across the entry in my spreadsheet, I decided to check it out in more depth than previously.
I don't know if there are deities controlling the universe(s). Therefore I am an agnostic. I also fall under the atheist umbrella because I don't believe in a singular deity or potentially multiple deities.
I am a scientist, driven by mathematics. I believe in the "force". Thank you Star Wars. However, I think the force is possibly beyond my mortal comprehension. Therefore, I can only speculate about the force's origin and characteristics. I do meditate in an attempt to perhaps gain knowledge of the universe via shutting my mind off and concentrating on a mantra.
So, to honor the instruction provided to me here. Does anyone relate to my statements? Is anyone active in this place?
May the agnostic be with you!!!
I am sympathetic to your position. I see no positive evidence, but life is a curious experience and many unaccountable things happen. No religious discipline has earned any respect.
At the same time, many intriguing problems are out there. The so-called 'Fine Tuning' may be a consequence of the anthropic principle. Perhaps the remarkable ratios come from other features yet to be discerned. The proposition of a God solves nothing, and more commonly gets invoked to shut down inquiry. Evolution cleanly dismantles Christianity by corollary. The motives for proposing God have yet to be cleansed of their primitive origins, and that is a necessary step to pursue objective truth...
I don’t believe anything. I do however give merit to evolution over creation, physics over supernatural, and compromise over extremism.
I once studied to be a Pentecostal minister but today I believe in zero gods of any kind. The biblical god is no more relevant than Zeus or Jupiter. I do not meditate and I do not pray. Meditation may help clear the mind however. I'm not into mantras and I do not believe in "a force." What kind of force? Star Wars aside, can you give an example? Gaining more knowledge of our universe is strictly in the hands of science.