Column: Where is the evidence of a higher being?

I've read many attacks on evolution from readers the past few weeks. Some simply refuse to accept science. They ask why anyone would believe they come from monkeys, call evolution "anti-God" religion and charge you possess only "faith" in evolution unless you conduct private research.

This implies education means zilch. Scientists - professors, researchers, lab technicians - apparently learned nothing to achieve their current positions. Of course they left gaping holes in evolutionary theory, such as "flaws" in isotopes and thermodynamics, and chose to bypass them as irrelevant.

Perhaps creationists do not believe in science's accomplishments. They must live in a world without a computer, automobile or electricity, a few products of science.

Critics call scientists hypocrites for admitting they do not know all the answers. Scientists never claimed to know all the answers. It's called evolutionary theory because it's just that: their attempt to explain an occurrence.

Gravity is only a theory, too.

This is why half the nation turns to creationism instead of evolution: the former provides an answer. No need to worry anymore about fossil records, the Big Bang or genetic mutation; God did it all, and in only six days!

What a cop-out.

I'm a faithful person. I have faith in myself. I believe in what I can accomplish, handle and the reasons behind my choices. I have faith in many friends and family members. It's a faith they earned, through actions. Some friends, I do not have faith in. They do not follow through on their word, show dependability or possess any worthwhile desire.

I have faith in science for the same reasons. When I flip a switch, lights illuminate. When I turn a key, the car engine ignites. When I jump, I land.

I have faith in many aspects of life.

I do not have faith in God.

It's for the same reasons. It's an improvable force. If I speak to God, I receive no answer. If I curse God, I hear no curses returned. If I throw a stone at God, I face no retaliation.

The majority of humans choose to believe in God for comfort. This way, they can commit evils, because God forgives. They can force their will upon others, because it's God's will. They can ignore any notion that contradicts God on that exact principle. It requires no knowledge, no thinking, no effort.

Many God-believers fire away at theories that destroy their belief, citing, often inaccurately, evidence that contradicts these theories. Where is your evidence? Who has seen God? Talked to him? IMed him?

Your faith comes from books, many written 1,500 to 2,000 years ago. Written by people who believed the Earth was flat and illness was the work of evil spirits.

These are the individuals you place your faith in?

God-believers say they know God exists because of answered prayers. So the 150,000 Asians who died in December's tsunami never prayed a day in their lives and received their wickedly deserved punishment?

I believe in the human brain. It's the greatest organism in Earth's history. It created music, love, medicine and construction. I believe in its power because I witness the results every day.

Yet the majority of humans ignore this, take our accomplishments for granted and instead praise a being they will never speak to, see or even prove its existence. They choose to live on a blind faith.

Good luck with your blind existence. I choose to live with my eyes open.

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