It is interesting to observe the God-believers try to prove the existence of God precisely by proving the existence of human ignorance. Each scientific achievement has been resisted on the grounds that man must never ”play God.” Yet, when science has succeeded in harnessing the atom, conquered a disease, landed on the moon, produced the computer, invented the cell-phone, etc. – the God-believers have taken great pride in boasting about the new problems we have created for ourselves. The assumption is that the God of ignorance cannot be conquered by mere mortals. So the existence of unsolved problems proves the existence of “God.” To worship “God” therefore is to worship ignorance.
In the meantime, most Filipino preachers today, especially of the Libreo, or worst – the “love to all” bullshit variety from our Danding on these pages, make no bones about God being a panacea. They spend their sermon-writings enumerating all the problems of atheism; then at the end, they declare that everything from hate to violence and war, and poor logic, if not our sick and insane society would suddenly vanish if everyone would only “turn back to love God.”
There was, indeed, a period “back” there when everyone man, woman, and child in this world did “turn to love God” and His priests, just as the preachers plead. We call that period the DARK AGES. Poch Suzara
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Would you kindly provide the dates or years when these Dark Ages occurred?
The Dark Ages began with the murder of Hypatia in the 5th century and it lasted till 15th century. You should read more on Hypatia - a woman of great beauty, a brilliant mathematician, and head of the Alexandrian Library, killed by a mob as organized by Catholic Bishop Cyril who was then canonized a saint while Hypatia's name has been forgotten. Poch Suzara
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