3 surprises and 3 ideas The debate about the existence of god is alive a well. Even the death of Christopher Hitchens has not slowed down the passion some have for advocating belief and others have for advocating non-belief. I am in neither camp. I am at heart a scientist. I believe in something when […]

3 surprises and 3 ideas The debate about the existence of god is alive a well. Even the death of Christopher Hitchens has not slowed down the passion some have for advocating belief and others have for advocating non-belief. I am in neither camp. I am at heart a scientist. I believe in something when I see the evidence and until then I believe in nothing. I have seen no evidence for or against the existence of god despite having read the bible and much of what Christopher Hitchens wrote. But here in lies the point of this article. Human beings look beyond the evidence and most human beings need to believe in something. Indeed, most human beings do believe in something. Belief helps to give humans; Meaning Certainty Belonging It is for these reasons that we all want to believe that: There is a reason for things A particular…