the arrogance of religion. (Page 2)

ghostgeek: Can't listen to something you can't hear.

Zanjan: More like, you don't want to hear.

ghostgeek: There you go again, presuming.

Zanjan: How do you figure that?

ghostgeek: Well Zanjan, from what you wrote: "More like, you don't want to hear." See, you presume to know what I want. It could be that I would love to experience what you claim to have felt. How can you know? I never said that I was against God, only that I see no evidence for Him. You may huff and puff but you have so far failed to provide concrete proof that any supernatural entity exists. From that failure I draw my own conclusions.

Zanjan: " It could be that I would love to experience what you claim to have felt. How can you know?

When you try it, I'll know.

God is everywhere, so bold and bright and glorious as the blazing sun. Even a blind man can feel its warmth. If you don't see evidence of God, your eyes are deliberately closed to shut out that beauty and truth. If you don't feel its heat, you're hiding in a cave.

You might want to draw conclusions from your own failure, seeing that others have chosen not to enter the cave.

ghostgeek: I acknowledge that people such as you see God in their own mind Zanjan, but that doesn't convince me the little cherub exists. When I was a child I once had a man step on my foot by accident. The experience convinced me the bloke existed. Have I ever had a similar experience with God? No! My conclusion therefore is that some people are very imaginative. Perhaps they should write fiction.

Zanjan: An imagination is better than no imagination - it's the first a sign of intuitive intelligence.

Animals have this - anyone who has raised a puppy or kitten is well aware they posses imagination; no need of spoken language to convey it. This in-house creature wrestles with an invisible enemy, pounces on unseen prey, and charges an infiltrator - how does he know he'll be doing that for real very soon? Just a guess, eh.

Interestingly, those who write fiction often run into the strange co-incidence of the same plot being written by another writer simultaneously, so its a race to see who gets published first. Additionally, many published fiction writers face the weird co-incidence of their plot, mechanics, inventions and incidences actually happening in real life later on.

For this reason, you can't copy-write an idea or event, only the language on the page or structural blueprints.

ghostgeek: I've been thinking of writing a bit of fiction myself so I'll keep those points in mind Zanjan. Thanks.