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Published on May 26, 2004 By blogic In Religion
I guess that won't come as a shock to anyone reading this. By the way, I am agnostic. I have no opinion on whether God does or doesn't exist, and perhaps He does me the pleasure of having no opinion on whether I do or do not exist.

I've never any religious or spiritual hole in my life. When people talk about feeling His presence, or feeling a spiritual emptiness, I feel like a colorblind man being told about the rainbow.

Even that's not right. I feel like a man being told about rainbows in a universe where there are no colors, and people have only convinced themselves there are colors because it helps them deal with life's difficulties.

I only bring this all up to say I think I fill the spiritual role in my life. As I jokingly tell friends, "I complete myself". In one interpretation of quantum mechanics, humans determine the nature of the universe through observing it. The moon is above us because we see it there, and if we didn't look up at it, it's location would be randomly distributed over a number of possible locations.

So, who's observation trumps the others? My answer: my own. I'm the prime observer. Why do I think this? Because it takes care of my spiritual needs.

Can you tell I've read "Dune" and too many other messianic novels?

Adam

Comments
on May 26, 2004
I totally agree with you. I am also not religious, though I do believe in something, just not sure what. I respect people that are religious. It's just not for me, I can make decisions for myself.
on May 26, 2004
Well, my guess is that I suffer from a mild case of megalomania. I joke about it with my wife, but I think that's what fills my spiritual needs. I guess there are worse psychological disorders.
on Oct 20, 2004
I do believe in something, just not sure what ...

WHAT? You don't know what you believe in but you believe in it? My goodness!!
on Oct 26, 2004
WHAT? You don't know what you believe in but you believe in it? My goodness!!


Such a comment could only come from someone who has never questioned thier beliefs.


I have a somwhat similar opinion, blogic, but I'd like to at least think I'm not megalomaniacle, heh. I don't see myself as any kind of prime anything except being the prime example of me.