Originally Posted by CosmicTang

An intelligent, open-minded individual couldn't argue with this statement.

However, knowing where that spark comes from, how it works, how it is imbued in us is equally beyond our grasp. Religion invented deities to explain the unknowable, and in the face of scientific discovery held on to them to maintain control.

An avowed agnostic I admit there is something that has set the universe in motion that far exceeds our comprehension at the moment, but the notion that it is an invisible man with a set of rules by his side who judges and condemns, is jealous and capricious, or rewards those who serve him is in a word, laughable. Only beings as arrogant and ignorant as humans would imagine the creator of all looks like them.

I think spiritual faith is vital and essential for our existence and I think as science advances and we attain a more comprehensive understanding of the mechanics of the cosmos, faith and science will eventually come together again as the universe will be explained through mathematics.

But please, spare me organized religions and their know-nothing leaders whose goals are the same as any political leader in the world: power and control through wealth and devotion.