thread: 2007-01-10 : Some questions about worship
On 2007-01-12, Sydney Freedberg wrote:
Sorry, a bit curt there. To expand:
Yes, I certainly have fears related to religion, but what really frightens me is the idea that God doesn't exist, and neither do I: If there's nothing more to the universe than matter and energy, nothing but mechanistic processes randomized by quantum indeterminacy, then I'm nothing but a meat robot myself, and my consciousness is the illusory byproduct of neurochemistry, and when I think I'm feeling love, or gratitude, or fear for that matter, there is really no "I" to feel, nor love either.
My struggle to believe in God is my struggle to believe in any kind of hope at all. "Please, God, exist!"
