You didn't offend me, thanks for being considerate though.
I guess what ticks me off is the way many believers act like they really knew something in which they simply believe but which can't possibly be proven in any way. If you know what I mean
I really don't know if man ever visited space or the moon nor can I prove it with the material I have at hand. But based on what I've seen in the media I believe in it even though it seems quite wild.
Probably if I'd witness a launch myself it would be much easyer to believe that I know men were launched to space.
When you start to question the simple things like this, all the 'higher' things really start smashing you in the face. Soon you realise that you can not really count on anything except your own reasoning - and even then you're likely to get things very wrong.
It's not an easy way to go, defining the existence to yourself instead of clinging to pre-made explanations.. But I'm sure it has created a lot more moral debate and evaluation of values to me than it does in an average believer. My stance for example is that since no deity (IMO) created humans over the rest of the animal kingdom, all animals have a similar right to exist on this planet alongside of humans. I have no special right to smash a housefly to the window, but I have no obligation not to do it either. If I feel it necessary I can do it. Just as I can kill a bigger animal if I get threatened by it. By my moral however, it's dead wrong to hunt animals for fun. When I see sport hunters, I get an urge to pull the trigger on them.
By rules of nature co-existing animals are often natural enemies to eachothers. Therefore it's natural for me to destroy the insects that potentially harm my existence. One shouldn't go to extremes however since that affects the foodchains and the natural balance. Human kind is a danger to this planet because it's the only one that has the ability to render other species extinct. We have to reckognize our responsibility.. The teachings of the bible certainly do not help in this matter.
I guess I went a little off-track here.. But maybe that clarifies the issues behind the way I think. If one doesn't care why we're here, it doesn't mean that they won't care in general.. I'm focusing to the present instead of wasting my resources pondering about what happened billions of years ago. It doesn't touch my life in any way whatsoever.
