Here's what I believe:
- Existance is an irreducible primary. We are conscious because we exist and our world needs no further explanation.
- All knowledge is acquired through our senses, so therefore, all rational thought should come from an objecive view of our existance (a la, science)
- Blind faith is not rational, and therefore there is no need for a supreme being to dictate how we should live our lives.
- Moral values can be derived from rational thinking, and thus religious values can be described in secular terms.
That pretty much sums it up. And come to think of it, if God did exist, I think he would be pretty embarrassed of his creation. Look at man's destructive nature, as well as all of the other shitty things in his divine plan (cancer, SARS, innocent children dying for no purpose, Kenny G). I'll bet God (if he exists) finished at the bottom of his deity classes, because he sure fucked up this place.
