This is my entry for Ray Comfort’s “Why I Don’t Believe in
God” contest. It’s impossible to fit all the reasons not to believe
in God in 200 words, so this is my very selective attempt. It’s a
shame I couldn’t fit examples to back up my points — it will make
it easy for Ray to “refute” it. But that’s the point of limiting it
to 200 words, I guess.
My journey to atheism began as I studied science. I
gradually traveled from young earth creationism to old earth
creationism to theistic evolution to atheistic evolution. Evolution
elegantly refuted my belief that design required a designer. I also
realized the probability of an “infinitely complex” God was
inherently more improbable than any other cosmological
solution, because something infinitely complex
is infinitely improbable.
I studied the history of the Bible. Eventually I acknowledged
its messy history, contradictions, horrors and absurdities. It had
no more evidence of being from God than any other holy book.
Without blind belief in the Bible, there was no evidence for the
supernatural claims of Christianity. Furthermore, I realized
that miraculous claims were always based
on anecdote. There was never any evidence, only tall
tales.
Long ago, man, in his ignorance, created gods to make sense of
the world. Then, when that failed, man created science. Science has
been the most successful way of discovering truth ever invented.
For example, we no longer have to pray for the sick or exorcise
demons - we heal with medicine. Science has, in every way, proven
far more effective than religion.
God is no longer necessary, and I say good riddance.
Daniel Florien
UnreasonableFaith.com
Hence a scientist can never be a religious person.
