C S Lewis on atheism

“Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.”

C. S. Lewis

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PrincessOfHell · F

Meaning is a manmade concept to begin with. Through human consciousness we developed abstract and critical thought which lead us to question everything and leads to progress.
God used to fill in the gaps of our understanding of the world. I'm a theist but completly understand Atheism. We can neither prove nor disprove the existence of a higher power.

Mathers · 61-69

Of course the God of the gaps is something no Christian believes in@PrincessOfHell

LeopoldBloom · M

@Mathers So you have a scientific explanation for the Big Bang?

Do you even know what the God of the Gaps is? Apparently not.

Mathers · 61-69

Yes I stopped believing in the God of the gaps as a child. In fact I never did believe in him. I believe in the Lord of all creation who created everything about him all things have their being. Do you believe in cosmic accidents by which everything is totally unreasonable therefore your very reason is open to question@LeopoldBloom

LeopoldBloom · M

@Mathers I don't believe in cosmic accidents since nothing is truly random. Everything follows natural laws. However, I don't believe in an invisible, all-powerful deity either as there are several problems with that. Such as, how does it affect material reality if it's not material itself? What was it doing before it created the universe? Why does everyone who says they believe in it have a different conception of its attributes? etc.