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Granted, we can't explain everything about the universe, but why should that lead us to suppose that any God (let alone Yaweh) created it? Because we have a book that says it is so? A book that makes some frankly outrageous claims? Or because you were brought up in a Christian culture?[/b]
No, the reason why we believe is because we now have the ability to be able to 'create' ourselves because we have the ability to know and see what creation actually is at the drawing board.
Now and for some time in modern history we can actually see what the genetics and molecular construction of life is. If we took our knowledge of creation back in time now, we would be seem as highly advanced. With knowledge, comes power. The fact is, we are not highly advanced.. we just found out more about how things work and figured it out ourselves.
Even if you don't believe in 'god', you can clearly see that there has been some design aspect in us and all our natural surroundings. I believe we was created for a purpose, and have been left to develop over time. 'God' is the name that has become a generalisation.. 'God' to me is the embodiment of everything we do not know and cannot currently achieve in our lives and everything we aspire to be. Faith is a good thing.. to remain focused and driven and determined sometimes you need to believe in yourself and your ability to be, therefore you are also believing in god in some form.
Although you cannot see 'God' as a single physical form, there is a little essence of 'god' in us all, and also every other living thing on this planet. There's probably also a little devil in us too. There has to be a balance, otherwise how would you know right from wrong? This is why you see such a spectrum of good and bad in the world.. it's natural.
We all have the ability to create. This is the difference between humans and most animals. IMHO, we inherit this special trait from 'god' or the 'creator'. It's like we are made with a built-in tutorial of the rules of creation.
The fact is that things like Christmas have no real meaning to ancient religion. Christmas now is just a commercial 'festival' that gives us some time to be glad for. It belongs to nothing now, it is it's own festival. Sure it's called 'Christ's mass', but it has rather been hijacked into something else much more commercial for as long as i can remember.
Everyone should celebrate Christmas, even Jehovah's Witnesses IMHO as it is not actually about the birth of jesus and never has been *spoiler* and does not even represent Jesus' real time birthday.
It's actually a complete mish-mash of things.. i mean Santa, as the popular image was designed by Coca Cola.
I am not religious in any way, shape or form but i appreciate it's benefits and it's ideas. I mean, Jesus never celebrated Christmas or Easter obviously and if he ever did he would never make it about materialism.. so to appreciate true Christmas, you must discard all of the novelty, strip away all of the razzamatazz and just have a peaceful gathering of friends and family and celebrate that time with each other for the sake of having friends and family and just take a moment to reflect. It's a good rule for life in general.
Something Gay Guy once posted here has always remained with me.. and that was a simple post about how he feels 'creative'. He likes to create things, and to create is the most special talent that we have. To be able to create something by hand with a little thought no matter what it is, gives you a key skill that allows you to make a true use of yourself. It's the reason why we advance.
Knowledge + Creation ability = Advancement.
