There is a difference

by: Julian

Greetings John Tyrrell:

No, there is a difference. “if I believed or disbelieved in a god, it wouldn’t matter. So – to you the existence of a deity does not matter.”

The question is not existence, but belief.

When a god or goddess (I wish!) confirms their existence to me, I will be very passionate. But simple belief, in the manner of those who advocate faith as proof of god’s existence, cannot suffice.

I have faith in gravity. Once, while climbing a ladder, I slipped and fell to the ground. It hurt. Although gravity has not spoken to me, it has revealed itself to me in a painful way. It exists. I believe.

If a god exists, how does “it” show its existence?

There’s a partial answer. When I do something that harms another creature, whether intentionally or unintentionally, I feel pain. Whether this is imposed on me by training or by some universal field (like Einstein’s rubber sheet), my psyche is affected.

So, there is a difference between belief and existence. Belief doesn’t affect me. Existence certainly would.

I am not apathetic to existence. The term doesn’t fit.

Julian Roberts