Atheists.
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gramme - I believe in myself and my upbringing. I have faith only in myself. Right and wrong has evolved through mans trials and errors. We are quite possibly the only creatures in existence to be able to contemplate death and seek to avoid it, prevent it, remove ourselves from harm, and generally thus desire to be comfortable. Running around clubbing each other to death didn't make life easier.
Just as I'm sure you believe that God presented you with all these miracles mystical events, I believe you presented them to yourself, just I have presented to myself my own achievements and goals. I believe I can attain things. I believe I can will myself to improve, and I will improve. That's my faith right there. I call it positive thinking. You call it God. The output is the same.
I'd also agree with you that we are going backwards. Not everyone is as enlightened as you or me think we are. I don't have faith in other people to ALWAYS do the right thing. In an ever increasing population this becomes more evident, and by the failure of your Gods' or evolutions' design, we're still animals who WILL and DO regress to instinct and fear and violence to survive when pushed.
God is the result of our fear of this failing.
God is, perversely, the apparent (and blindingly obvious given the amount of blood spilt) catalyst for our failure.
Religion is the atrophy of man.
I heartily believe we would survive a little longer without it. Not a lot, but a little.
Stripped bare, we are animals.
- If God makes you strong gramme, the keep him.
But he's only the middle man to your good self ;)********
- If God makes you strong gramme, the keep him.