Tuesday, January 30, 2007
I finally finished watching all 5 parts! thanks bean for sending these links..
The God Delusion - 5 parts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3p51MBKMLk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_aw1O6nyms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZU111Q5ASs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZgX4lSy-Mg
this documentary is by richard dawkins, the oxford prof who wrote the book "the selfish gene"..
i wish i had seen this during jc.. then i'd have more things to say and write during gp class and not seem like an ignorant fool haha..
its rather interesting.. cos his words can be very sharp and caustic at times.. and haha the "candid" footages of "prominent" people blurting out their extreme views and getting angry is quite interesting too!
while his views may be rather extremist at times, its thought-provoking..
it gets me thinking about what is "faith"..
is faith like what we all know it as? unconditional acceptance of something being "thrown" to us, without questioning, without doubt? or do we need to have some "fundamental" evidence to build our foundation upon before we can accept the "bigger picture" that presents later?
its just like how you tell your friends "i have faith in you, don't worry."
you can have faith in some person because you really believe that the person has the ability.. if that person is a bummer and good-for-nothing, you wouldn't say "i have faith in you" before he goes for a job interview right? i mean of cos some of us will still say it as a gesture of politeness haha..
The documentary has some very funny quotes..
while science sees it as a challenge, religion thrives on unsolved mysteries.
so evolution driven by natural selection brings us to the top, from primeval simplicity to ultimate complexity. the designer hypothesis couldn't even begin to do that because it raises an even bigger bigger problem than it solves-- who made the designer?
the abundance and variety of life on earth may seem improbable, but it self-evidently seems even more futile to invent an improbable god to explain that improbability
the process of non-thinking called faith
this is a democratic society, but our gov wants to restrict our freedom to criticize faith
religion & faith discourages independent thought, it is divisive, and is dangerous
faith demands a positive suspension of critical faculties
what is really scary is that the religious warriors think that what they're doing is the ultimate good
what is the battle between good and evil is essentially the battle btn 2 evils
science cannot disprove the existence of god, but it doesn't prove that god exists.
haha.. that's why i'm an agnostic.
you can't prove it, you can't disprove it either..
so why not just take things as they come.. if there is a god and there is judgement day, you wouldn't have to fear if you have not committed hideous sins in this life, and have been leading a morally upright life..
and if this god refuses to acknowledge you because you didn't believe in him when you were alive, then.. i guess i can only be disappointed with this god. god is made out to be selfless and giving, the epitomy of righteousness, the moral paragon. if he's so petty about these kinda things, then no thanks, there's no need to believe in this god. what's important is that i know god exists for sure in my afterlife. who cares whether i believed it in my mortal life?
*yawn*
i need to get well soon..
maybe i'm sick so that my passion to study med will be renewed..
