I have already told one story about the people in the street begging money from the beggars here in the Philippines. Well, last night at the poker tables, I did it again. I did not bring up the topic of religion but it came up and someone asked me if I was a Christian. "No, I don't believe in any gods." I replied,,,,, and then I saw it coming....... "Why not!"
"Because I have been studying religions as a hobby for the past 25 years. I was a Christian when I was younger and wanted to be a ;priest but I was cured by attending every Church in the small town of Pratt, Kansas.. At 16, I knew the religions in the town didn't have a clue and the membership of the Churches, temples and meeting halls were all a bunch of posers... I moved on to Buddhism. I enjoyed the teachings of the Buddha but through my contact with the writings of J, Krishnamurti, and P, D. Ouspenski, I realized it was a bunch of shit as well, Then I heard a story about a King who had a son, The son was not ready to be King so the king banished him for a year on 4 separate occasions. The son went to the four directions, North, South, East and West. Upon his return each year he would tell his father of the crazy people he met and the powerful wizards that controlled their minds with insane beliefs. Not like the beliefs he and his father held. On the prince's final trip home he looked at his father and said, "You are an Evil Wizard just like all the other evil wizards I have seen. The king smiled at his son and said, "Now you are ready to be a king." Religion and its gods are all man made.
So the guy asks me. "You believe in the Big Bang then? I don't believe in that. I believe a god created the universe." And I respond, "I hate to break the news to you but the "Big Bang" is a scientific fact that is validated through experimentation and observation. If you don't believe in it, it's because you don't understand it."
"Oh, I understand it." he says, "we can debate it sometime."
"Do you know that the big bang is not a theory about the creation of the universe? The theory says nothing at all about where the universe came from. The Big Bang only says that the universe is expanding. And everything we know about the universe supports this idea. "
"Well, we will have to debate it sometime."
"Yes, we can discuss it again sometime," Poker game started..... I doubt the guy got anything at all out of the conversation but there were also 7 other people at the table listening. Perhaps this is all we can do.
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