On Atheism and Creationism

Don't you find it odd that it's easiest to be an atheist when you feel strong, and easiest to be a fundamentalist when you feel weak? I think that these philosophical extremes are nothing more than phenomena created by unstable egos. After all, if the existence of God may not be proved or disproved logically, empirically, (Occam's razor aside- as it's really grossly overrated, especially when you start considering the more esoteric sciences like Quantum physics that are replete with counter-intuitive phenomenon), preferring one position over another is ultimately decided by personal (irrational) bias.

Well, I think that real atheists shouldn't even bother refuting creationist sentiments --- you don't really bother denying stuff that you belive to be tacitly false. This is why I've always held that atheism itself is a sort of negative religion that approaches God from a roundabout way, something that more often than not only serves the ego as a form of self-aggrandizement. Atheism is founded on the idea that there is no accountability for actions, that ultimately, there could/ should be nothing greater than "human".

Creationists are just as bad: they attack new information and ideas because they're insecure in their faith. (Or they don't really know what they believe in, or why they do so.)

They use their so-called faith to hide their insecurities. They buff up their egos, thinking of themselves as a mystcal elite. (Which is totally not how Christ would have handled it...)

They're the proverbial houses built on sand.

As a transhumanist, libertarian Catholic scientist, I've never had a problem reconciling faith, art, and religion. They complement each other.

And no - while the forms of certain religions may change with time, but at the end of the Day, we come back to the basic relationship between Deity and man. In a funny way, this may be the main reason for having a natural end to our lives --- as a natural limit for our delusions of grandeur, to keep us focused on what is important in this life, as well as find a way to take the next step beyond what is merely human...