On Friday, July 13, 2018 at 5:37:48 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> On Friday, July 13, 2018 at 9:18:07 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > Our ability to see patterns is a gift from evolution. The ones who
> > couldn't see patterns (everything from the turn of the seasons to
> > the tiger in the brush) died early.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
>
> As we all know, DNA has an important relationship to evolution. Without DNA, most life on this planet would be low-order plant life - if even that.
>
> The ability to ponder our place in the universe is not really important for the survival of a species. The vast majority of life on Earth give no thought to their mortality or to their future. Most animals have not considered religion nor have they rejected it. It is something not conceivable to them. Religion is the providence known only to man. Bitching about religion is like complaining that we're human.
>
> People think that religion is the cause of all our problems but if you want something truly terrifying, consider a Godless universe. I wonder if you can...

I'm an atheist. It's all I can consider. Every bad thing that people do
to each other is just people being people. We didn't come to be the
dominant life form on the planet by sitting around sharing hugs and kisses.

Cindy Hamilton