Quote Originally Posted by Jenner View Post
I actually am a believer in God, my difference is, I don't believe in religion. I think all the organized religions of this world are a total bunch of hooey, especially any that originated in the Middle East.

I'm a scientist, not only a degreed Mechanical Engineer and self-taught professional Programmer, but also an amateur Astronomer and Astrophysicist. Weirdly, the more I learn of astrophysics, the more I believe in a God. Why? I believe there just seems far too many oddball coincidences to have shaped our current existence; whether on a universal scale or just on a planetary one. I believe something or someone is responsible for our life and our consciousness. I call that "God".

Whether it's an alien being or some metaphysical one, I really don't care anymore. All I know is that hopping on one foot while eating Ritz crackers only on the third Tuesday of each month while listening to the Grimm's Fairy Tales being recited in pentameter verse isn't going to somehow magically win me "afterlife points" with it. If there are any kind of "afterlife points" being earned, it'll be in how I live the life I was given; not how well I know and perform dogma.
you could look at it this way (and i think it's been mentioned): There could be millions of universes all different. And the reason the universe looks the way it does to us is because if it wasnt exactly capable of supporting life then no life would be here to look at it!