Why Adam and Eve Created GOD

Why Adam and Eve Created God is about reason.  It describes the reasons people believe in God, and the unreasonable ideas the world’s religions hold.  Long ago religion was about reason and science.  But now with the advances in science and our knowledge of the universe, most religions will tell you that a belief in God is about faith.  God is not something that can be measured, but must be experienced.  Muslims and a few other faiths still believe their holy books contain the secrets to the universe, but the western religions have given up using science.  All religions use reason and logic to support their faith.  The arguments for God are well-tuned and have been around for thousands of years, so to the average person, they sound reasonable – reasonable enough so that they continue to believe and think they have good reason to.

But reasonable people will also cringe at the logical flaws the thousands of different religions embrace.  For those who want to understand the reasoning behind why people made their Gods and still believe, Why Adam and Eve Created God will logically and methodically illustrate where faith comes from and why people believe.  The reasons are fascinating, and you will see why reasonable people still believe in God.  Once you see the many reasons people believe, you will see that there is really no reason people should continue to believe.  Not a single reason.

Virtually no renowned scientists have a faith in the God of the Bible.  To those of us who look to experts when forming our opinions, this speaks loudly.  Well-educated people who devote their life to studying the universe or the natural sciences do not hold onto a faith in God.  To believers unwilling to use reason, they see a conspiracy.  As my book shows, belief in God is natural and the reasons people do believe are very powerful, so we still find belief in God everywhere.  And even a few very well educated people do believe in God.  A very few, but it happens enough to give believers some hope that their faith is reasonable.

The physicist and author John Polkinghorne is often cited as proof that reasonable people can believe in God.  He was a professor at Cambridge University and quit to become a Anglican priest.  What he does prove is that religious influence is very powerful.  No one is totally immune from its attraction.  He’s made a lot of money selling books about religions and science, so with a vested interest in marketing his views about God and science, his faith in God may have additional motivation.

Why Adam and Eve Created God will will show you all the reasons people have this faith.  If you think there is good reason to believe in God, you will find there are many reasons, but none have anything to do with supernatural causes, God, Jesus, or Mohamed.  Even if you read about the God vs. Science debate from Polkinghorne, you will see that a scholar like him cannot explain God clearly.  The metaphysics he makes up can sound reasonable to the believer, but he’s unable to show us any clear and concise reason to believe in God.

When you look at the thousands of religions found around the world, belief in any one of their Gods becomes so very unreasonable.  Believers in each religion think are right, and it is their religion that is the true one.  No religion has any proof they are right, and the evidence one faith uses to validate their faith in God is as weak as the next religion.  When you think about it, faith in God is simply unreasonable.  When you read my book, you’ll see the reasons and agree that We Created God for many reasons, and most of those reasons are no longer needed.  The emotional reasons people cling to Gods are still here, but with education, everyone can learn how to put aside these emotions so they can lead a fulfilling life free of superstitions.

As contributor Lanre told me: “Now I believe that the only logical thing that comes after a man’s death is what has been before his birth – ABSOLUTELY NO CONSCIOUSNESS. Billions have died before us and yet there is no proof a single one of them is still alive anywhere. “  My book will look at the supposed “evidence” of God and an afterlife, and you will see that every single bit of evidence disappears as soon as you look hard at it.  To the believer this is a bit hard to believe because so many people they trust have told them God is everywhere and there is evidence all around us.  Its is taken as a matter of faith that God is here.  But when you take the time to study the evidence that there is a God, you will be suprised because there is nothing to even examine.  All there are is ancient stories and silly mind tricks.  Try to find just one simple piece of evidence that the God described in the Bible is doing what He is supposed to be doing, and you cannot find one single item to study.  Nothing to even try to look at.

Religious Freedom takes a lot of courage.  I hope you found my book Why Adam and Eve Create God an enjoyable read, enlightening, and empowering.  If you are like many of us ex-believers, you will need courage to deal with the repercussions of your new found freedom.  I hope my book gave you some of the courage you’ll need.

Take solace in the fact the many believers who will ridicule you actually envy you.  They all have doubts, and only the few are brave enough to actually act on them.  Draw strength from the knowledge you know why people believe.  Look at their beliefs and see that they believe in God for all the reason’s you understand.  Don’t pity them, but rejoice in the fact that you get it.  You know what is going on.  You have figured it out and are the free one. 

The pain will come when you meet people who pity you.  The true believer in God will be certain you are going to hell, and this will torment them.  And it should.  A normal compassional perrson is saddened if they believe a friend is in danger.  Every situation is different, but I personally feel its best to switch the topic, and in most cases leave room for discussion if they want to and hope if they need it. 

Freedom of Religion is such a great feeling, the feeling alone will give you courage to proudly walk among the hoards of believers.

I’d like to conclude this Chapter, and this book, with one last observation.  We have covered pages and pages of bad religious ideas, but we’ve only touched upon the real and present danger some people do present when they live a life devoted to God.  It’s impolite to infer this and illegal in America to say so in many situations.  Most of the time we look the other way, change the topic, or smile politely and nod when a person of faith says or does something unreasonable because they believe their god wants them to do it.  And most of the time, it’s OK. No worries and nobody gets hurt.   But there are situations where we can’t smile.

A couple of hundred years ago, a truce between the faiths was called.  Where bitterness, hatred and persecution once took place, we find many faiths now very tolerant, supportive and ecumenical.  Even atheists and agnostics are willing to let others have their faith; for what is the harm in letting people believe in ancient tales?  Well, the dangers are plenty and the harm can be tremendous.  We still don’t see the perils of religion being fairly discussed in public.  Polite conversation doesn’t entail discussing the evils of our religions.  In the government, schools, and business of America criticizing religion is illegal.  Usually this is OK, because the faithful are now willing and expected to check their Bibles at the door, just like atheists are expected play nicely with everyone.  Politicians and lawmakers sidestep the absurdities of trusting God, rather than publicly addressing the problem as a social burden.  In fact, they get elected when they invoke God, and questioning Him could be the end of their career. 

This is only a short summary of this chapter.  To find out more, please read Why Adam and Eve Created God.

Predicting the future has been a part of religion since recorded history.  3000 years ago Chinese fortune tellers inspected the cracks in turtle shells to predict the future.  Babylonian priests used the stars to chart people’s destiny.  Christians claim the Old Testament Bible prophesied the coming of the Messiah.  Even today, countless newspapers and magazines publish horoscopes, purporting to tell our futures from just our birth dates.  Prophesy has taken over for accuracy.  Validation of the great religions comes not from studying their content but by interpreting the messages they contain.  Considering the enormous amount of literature dedicated to numerology, horoscopes, tarot cards, palm reading, and fortune telling, there seems to be a general tolerance, if not hunger, for prophetic notions.  This desire is based solely upon hope—not reason, not facts, and certainly completely without evidence.  It is simply a universal hope that something supernatural is within our reach.  It is also a big part of the Christian tradition.  Its Prophets were God’s way of communicating to us.  It was the Apostle Paul who listed prophesy as one of the signs indicating the presence of the Holy Spirit.  Every religion proclaims that prophesies validate it.  They completely disregard the fact that all religions prophesy.  All religions use the same tricks.  All religions have about the same record on accuracy.  All are certain they are so much better at prophesying than the other guys.  All down-play how poor their omniscient God is at concisely revealing His predictions.

This is only a short summary of this chapter.  To find out more, please read Why Adam and Eve Created God.

Reports of encounters with spirits, angels, demons, and fairies are recorded throughout history.  We will never know if such encounters made people believe in an afterlife, or was it their belief in an afterlife that caused people to think they encountered spirits?  In many ways, Religion itself is a reaction to mankind’s hope and fear of a spirit world.  The spiritualist envisions a world that exists in a mysterious dimension where our souls survive after death; where evil demons fight an eternal battle with good angels.  A world ruled by God, but not quite controlled by Him.  The reason this dimension was first imagined tens of thousands of years ago is the same reason people today still believe in a spirit world.  There are a number of explanations as to why people think they have “seen a ghost”.   We have already discussed false memories and hallucinations, and most sightings probably fall into these categories.  But there are also other reasons people overreact to things that go bump in the dark.  Psychologists think we have an inherited propensity to assume there are living things all around us—an artifact of days when people lived in the wild and a hypersensitivity to danger, sounds, rustling leaves, and lurking animals meant life or death.  We should also not dismiss the fact that there are millions of seriously schizophrenic people in this world.  Millions of people who daily see things and hear things that just are not there.  There are so many different ways people experience unusual, almost “haunting” events; it is easy to understand how legends of spirits, angels, demons, and fairies came about.  And likewise, it is understandable why people today are not overly skeptical when they hear others tell about their encounters with spirits, angels, demons, and fairies.

All religions assume people live forever, albeit most believe only a person’s soul lives on after bodily death.  They also claim to offer a way to everlasting happiness—eternal life in heaven.  This is the big payoff in Pascal’s wager.  The actions required to gain eternal grace is simple, making religion quite attractive.  In economic terms, its good value.  As Jim Baker candidly stated: “We have a better product than soap or automobiles.  We have eternal life.”  This is why the televangelists are so wealthy.  They can promise everything, and have to deliver nothing.  For those who are not so easily bribed, hell was invented.  If you won’t believe to obtain eternal life, then to avoid eternal torment, you had better think twice. 

The idea of a heaven in an afterlife is a great feeling to those who have little hope in this life, but today, there should be few of us who feel such disappear.  Life is good and opportunities abound for more people than ever before.  This is especially exciting when you realize that you yourself determine if you achieve your goals, whether they are for happiness, health, or wealth.  Prayers will get you nowhere.  Too often, it is the religious among us telling us we are not really happy.  The first of the Buddha’s four noble truths is: “Life is characterized by suffering.”  According to Pope John Paul: “This world, which appears to be a great workshop in which knowledge is developed by man, which appears as progress and civilization, as a modern system of communications, as a structure of democratic freedoms without any limitations, this world is not capable of making man happy.”   The leader of the world’s largest religious organization said this and it is simply not true.  Although it is a message expounded from pulpits of almost every denomination, it is not true.  To people who are unwilling to act but ready to pray, it may seem all to genuine.  People who won’t take charge of their own life, but would rather wait for God to bless them, will find they don’t achieve the happiness they want.  Hearing that no one else on earth is happy may take some of the pain out, but it does not make it true.  We are not all unhappy.  People really can enjoy life’s adventures.  We live with 5 billion others with 5 billion different personalities, wants, desires, and goals.  Certainly there are those in need.  Many are suffering.  Many are abused, neglected, and mistreated.  Many hope for more than they can achieve.  But few suffer because the world cannot help.  They suffer because they cannot help themselves or others will not.  It is not the goal here to discuss such a complex issue as world happiness, but rather to point out that there are happy people living here.  Life is good.  Even the convicted murderer living in jail will desperately fight for his life.  People like living.  It may not always be a rose garden, but happiness can be found all over.  Look into the eyes of people, and you will find happiness there.  From the simple joy of the mother cradling her new born baby, to the teary-eyed gold medal athlete listening to her nation’s anthem, everyone has moments of joy that make life great.  Don’t let anyone tell you that you are not capable of happiness.  We all have a fundamental right to pursue our happiness.  Go for it now and don’t be surprised when you actually find some.

This is only a short summary of this chapter.  To find out more, please read Why Adam and Eve Created God. 

People experience religion in a wide variety of ways.  Around the globe we find thousands of faiths and billions of people who have had religious experiences.  These can be meaningful and powerful experiences that make people believe in the reality of the unseen.  They are the kind of experience that validates an already existing faith.  Typical of this is an email posed 4/2/97 to the Internet site Recovery from Mormonism, defending Joseph Smith and Mormonism.  It read :

…no matter what evidence people drudge up against the prophet Joseph Smith, I know he was a prophet of God. I know this, because Heavenly Father has made it known unto me by the power of the Holy Ghost. I feel no spirit of truth in the words you write, therefore I know they are false. I know that the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is true, not because of authoritarian control, or fear, but because I have a relationship with my Savior Jesus Christ, and I know He does not lie.

This email is typical of how people use their feeling to rationalize their beliefs.  Why does the poster believe? — because of “the power of the Holy Ghost”.  No god ever appeared before him and demanded worship.  He simply feels he is right.  The faithful are not coerced into believing.  But yet they willingly do because they are certain it is right to do so—and a large part of this certainty comes from believing that they actually can experience the supernatural.  53% of Americans report having felt “a presence of power” that is different than their ordinary selves.  Hearing about a person having a “religious experience” is so common, that there must be something to it.  There is, but it is not supernatural.  Miracles, healings, speaking in tongues, brushes with death, and all such experiences are easily explained.

Most every religion believes in peace.  Peace with one’s self as much as with one’s neighbor.  It is certainly an excellent ideal, however peace eludes those who believe World Peace will come when everyone is my religion.  The faithful believe in peace, talk peace, and want peace.  But the various religions are so discontented with each other, peace is hard to achieve.  Walking out the doors of the churches, synagogues, and mosques are nice people who really believe in peace.  But their convictions can be taken advantage of by fanatical leaders who wave a religious flag and wield a sword.  Religious differences start wars and are a driving force in most wars.  So much aggression, both historical and modern, is exhibited by the faithful in the name of their God.  The philosopher Aldous Huxley notes “There is hardly a single large-scale crime in history which has not been committed in the name of God.”[1]  The religious want peace, speak for peace, and pray for peace, but imbedded in most religions is a plethora of fears.  Fear of death, damnation, sinners, sexuality, and their god.  Fear of others who do not hold similar values.  These fears can surface and override the hope of peace with much less noble reactions.  In addition, religion is a part of many people’s own very personal identity.  Differences in religion are not taken as just differences of opinion, but something much deeper.  When the other guy is not of the proper faith, he is presupposed to be evil, immoral, possessed, cursed, or just plain bad.  When people differ with one another on such a deep spiritual level they end up detesting and distrusting each other.  And sometimes this breaks out into Hatred and Violence, not peace.