In response to
Stephen Hawking makes it clear: There is no God
I recently watched The Unbelievers which followed Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss, as they travelled the globe and engaged in conversation and debate on the existence of God.
I love their thoughts and for the most part I love their beliefs and approach.
However, I notice that there is an inherent right-and-wrongness to their own belief systems. In Dawkins speech I often pick up on a tone of "people who believe in XYZ are flawed mentally".
I personally think that your belief system is only significant with respect to its impact on what you want to create in the world.
If believing that we were created by a grand teddy bear in the sky allows you to have everything you want in life, what difference does it make if I agree with you or not?
I see beliefs, facts and social agreements as completely separate things.
I can believe I am God if I want. And yet I will need to acknowledge that there are facts like--this thing I am using is called a cell phone. And in order to exist in a community, it's useful, for example, to agree to not murder each other.
But beyond that, why not believe what you want? Who really cares?
What do you think? What's the issue with letting people believe in the existence of God or the non-existence of God? Can we not just come to some agreements on how we will live together and then just leave each other alone? Why are we so obsessed with forcing everyone to see the world the way we do?
What would the world look like if we put our differences to rest and moved on to creating a future together?
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