Why isn’t life enough?

What is with this desire to fill life with fairy tales and fictions? Why not learn how clouds, planetary systems or even galaxies form? Why not study how 1.8 meters of DNA is packed into the nucleus of a single human cell? Life and the universe are extremely cool!

Why settle for god did it in seven days when the real deal is so much more exciting? Survival and adaptation, mass extinctions, climate changes, over a million different species competing to survive and adapting to fill every environ on the planet.

Why do people choose escapism? Why escape into the realm of fantasy stories about life after death when life in and of itself is (or at least should be) more than enough?

I don’t get it.

Question 2: Am I ranting?
I’ve audited three full semesters of theology at a Christian seminary. I’ve read the Bible cover to cover more than once. I’ve seen what you have to offer and it is a sham compared to reality
I verified a creator? Your reasoning baffles me.

I agree with you. The problem is that many children are not taught science, they have no idea how wonderful the universe we live in is. Instead they are read bible stories when they are young and told that it is the absolute truth. It colors their perception of the world. Mythology in and of itself isn’t bad and can be an insight into the way people long ago saw the world, and can be enjoyable to read (just like a good Sci-Fi novel is). There is a huge danger in taking mythology as literal fact, too often people do that.

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