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When I hear creationist, I think of those people that think the world is less than 10000 years old. I have not met anyone that thinks this way, but I'm in Quebec where most people are Catholic, and I'm Italian which makes most of my family Catholic as well.
Even though most people I know are not religious, that doesn't necessarily mean they don't believe in a god. They just don't really give it much thought. In my case, I used to be like that, in thinking there is a god, and if someone would ask me if i believed in it I would say yes. In the last few years my attitude has changed significantly in in thinking that the chances are higher that there isn't a god.
As humans, there have always been some sort of higher being or beings that we thought that we needed to answer to. What happened to those gods? Eventually the current god will be scoffed, taken over by whatever people will believe in down the line - maybe most people will be Scientology followers.

Even Richard Dawkins says that he leaves room for there to be a god, because as a scientist he can't completely rule it out since there's no proof against it. It's just that there's no proof to support it either, so his position is that he doesn't think there is one.
I guess I think that way too, although I'm pretty okay with religion as long as it doesn't get in the way of reality or in the way of anyone's right to live (like in the case of insane honour killings).

<blockquote data-quote="Angel of Ioren" data-source="post: 92353" data-attributes="member: 1395">When I hear creationist, I think of those people that think the world is less than 10000 years old. I have not met anyone that thinks this way, but I&#039;m in Quebec where most people are Catholic, and I&#039;m Italian which makes most of my family Catholic as well. Even though most people I know are not religious, that doesn&#039;t necessarily mean they don&#039;t believe in a god. They just don&#039;t really give it much thought. In my case, I used to be like that, in thinking there is a god, and if someone would ask me if i believed in it I would say yes. In the last few years my attitude has changed significantly in in thinking that the chances are higher that there isn&#039;t a god. As humans, there have always been some sort of higher being or beings that we thought that we needed to answer to. What happened to those gods? Eventually the current god will be scoffed, taken over by whatever people will believe in down the line - maybe most people will be Scientology followers.Even Richard Dawkins says that he leaves room for there to be a god, because as a scientist he can&#039;t completely rule it out since there&#039;s no proof against it. It&#039;s just that there&#039;s no proof to support it either, so his position is that he doesn&#039;t think there is one. I guess I think that way too, although I&#039;m pretty okay with religion as long as it doesn&#039;t get in the way of reality or in the way of anyone&#039;s right to live (like in the case of insane honour killings).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Angel of Ioren, post: 92353, member: 1395"] When I hear creationist, I think of those people that think the world is less than 10000 years old. I have not met anyone that thinks this way, but I'm in Quebec where most people are Catholic, and I'm Italian which makes most of my family Catholic as well. Even though most people I know are not religious, that doesn't necessarily mean they don't believe in a god. They just don't really give it much thought. In my case, I used to be like that, in thinking there is a god, and if someone would ask me if i believed in it I would say yes. In the last few years my attitude has changed significantly in in thinking that the chances are higher that there isn't a god. As humans, there have always been some sort of higher being or beings that we thought that we needed to answer to. What happened to those gods? Eventually the current god will be scoffed, taken over by whatever people will believe in down the line - maybe most people will be Scientology followers. Even Richard Dawkins says that he leaves room for there to be a god, because as a scientist he can't completely rule it out since there's no proof against it. It's just that there's no proof to support it either, so his position is that he doesn't think there is one. I guess I think that way too, although I'm pretty okay with religion as long as it doesn't get in the way of reality or in the way of anyone's right to live (like in the case of insane honour killings). [/QUOTE]

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