So ive been reading The Revenant, and in the Twenty Third chapter, there is a text that made me pause.
[quote]And if Glass believed in a god, surely it resided in this great western expanse. Not a physical presence, but an idea, something beyond man's ability to comprehend, something larger.[/quote]
Ive been an atheist all my life and never really understood the concept of religion. "How could anyone believe in a bearded man living in the clouds judging people?"
Basically the point of my thread is to ask, is this how you see your religion? As an idea? Not as some bearded man? Im curious.
[spoiler]dont mean to piss anyone off, so dont hate me[/spoiler]
Edit: Very, very strange fucķing ending.
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A relationship with the creator of the universe. Perhaps a fulfillment of our purpose. Seeing that we creatures on earth are the only sentient life that we know of, I'd say, why not? I mean surely, since the sheer complexity of this universe, we should be impossible. How can we be so perfectly complex, yet so fragile? I'm sure there is a God. We all have ideas, but one idea that never seems to die away is the idea of a creator. When we think about the universe and how massive it is, we must remember that if there is in fact a creator, he is much larger than the largest possible Galaxy. He's more magnificent than all the stars in he universe. If there is in fact a creator, then he's created all that we see, do, and feel. He designed the world and its creatures, cell by cell. That's pretty incredible to think about.