Tony Atkinson
1 min readJul 22, 2024

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"The depths of humanity’s experience of the world as powerful evidence for the reality of God ." According ot the blurb. Idealism, then, or something close to it.

For me, the issue remains the same - anthropocentrism. The idea that life - human ilfe - is central to the intention or plan of a Supreme Being.

Why then, did this Being create a vast Universe, 95% of which is lifeless and indeed inimical to life as we know it?

This violates parsimony, among other things.

The belief in human centrality would be justifiable in a Ptolemaic Universe. As matters now stand, we must entertain the possibility that we are, at best, very peripheral to 'Gods' plan, or possibly an error, an unintended consequence.

Disregarding the notions of 'omnipotence' and 'omnisicence', neither of which is rationally supportable in any case, makes this even more possible.

Thus, to my mind (and I am a Bear of Very Little Brain), there remains a fundamental flaw in any religion/theism which posits any special interest in, or regard for, humanity on the part of 'God'.

We do not, after all, know what higher order beings exist and whether or not they are the reason for creating the Universe.

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Tony Atkinson
Tony Atkinson

Written by Tony Atkinson

Snapper-up of unconsidered trifles, walker of paths less travelled by. Writer of fanfiction. Player of games. argonaut57@gmail.com

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