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briandmyers  ·  4371 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Do physicists believe in God?

Understood. I guess we just disagree. I DO agree, that the universe is wondrous, and I think it is miraculous that we humans have developed the capacity to appreciate all this, but I still feel no compulsion to believe that a magical being, who insists on remaining anonymous, built it all. Maybe that's the case, but I really doubt it. This is just the wondrous universe in which we happen to find ourselves. There's not an overarching plan, no angels or demons, no magic. Plenty of mysteries, sure, but (sadly) no magic. At least none I've seen.





BLOB_CASTLE  ·  4371 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Haha I guess we honestly do just disagree. I cannot convince myself that it isn't a superior being who created all of the wonder around us.

briandmyers  ·  4371 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Do you believe this creator is the god of Abraham?

BLOB_CASTLE  ·  4370 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well, there is where my own doubting comes in. That's what I've always grown up believing. As of late, I can't shake the notion that possibly we all worship the same God and over time our interpretations of his doctrine has become so skewed we've convinced ourselves there are a million different ones. But I don't know.