Saturday, November 8, 2008

Suspension of disbelief

There are definitely times when I feel like I must be a fool to believe in God, and anything else supernatural. As I spend time in science and dealing with the concrete world of what can be proven I sometimes find myself thinking that there is no way there could actually be anything beyond the physical concrete world. It all seems so irrational and illogical. It is easier to believe in atoms, electrons and quarks or in other galaxies, white dwarfs and black holes.

And yet, I do believe. Even when I was angry at God and at the church. Even when I tried to believe in something else, anything else. I found that deep down I truly do believe in God, beyond any question. Even when my rational brain tells me it is impossible, some part of me knows that there really is a God. As unlikely, irrational, illogical, or even foolish at it may be.

1 comment:

  1. <-- *points at this post*

    Yes. Exactly. I read Discover and National Geo magazines, and get caught between the science-uber-alles, and the wonder that God created such a beautiful world...

    Gives me sort of a spiritual whiplash. But the world is still beautiful. So I kinda cope.

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