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Yet another thread that everyone will ignore me in, but here goes.
People need an excuse to *not* believe in God? I doubt this. Children don't naturally believe in Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny or Jesus until it is drilled into their absorbent little brains that these characters are all real and somehow ultimately important to their behaviour (ie: Christmas presents *if* you're good, Easter chocolate *if* you're good, heaven *if* you're good.
This is extended through adulthood as the explanation for all things unknown/unpredictable. If a drunk driver kills your mother, it was because it was "God's will, and he works in mysterious ways." But if your mother gets promoted at the office, it's because she's a hard worker and deserving. If an earthquake occurs in a religious country, the citizens are likely to blame an angry god, whereas the scientists are likely to pull out their graphs and explain it away.
Why does mankind *need* something more? Can he not admit that perhaps these 60+ years are all he has available to make a difference? Does he really need to believe he can come back after death for another try? What greedy bastards we are. Give us an inch and we take a mile.
And that's my dose of cynicism for the day.
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