Consider a survey in which you select a completely random sample of 1000 people in Ontario, lets say, covering fairly both genders, all ages (from 25 and above), all levels of educations, all ethnicity, and in one word, a sample which best represents the population of Ontario (only +25) as a typical modern city of the world. You don’t let them know they have been selected in the survey. Suppose you somehow have found the buddy of each of them with whom they spend most of the time to enjoy swapping ideas about different stuff. Having trained them how, you ask each buddy secretly that next time he/she finds a chance to go to a bar, Tim Horton, party or wherever they can most seriously discuss with his/her friend, the selected one in the sample, he/she bring up the issue of GOD under a topic like “Does any super natural creator of world, so-called God, exist or not” ,taking the opposite side as his/her mate and gently continue the debate for as long as possible in such a way the argument goes most naturally and comfortably. What do you expect would happen? How many of the members of the sample, you think, will find the topic interesting and will continue it not any shorter than 30 minutes? More importantly, how many of the individuals in the sample will respectfully, to the extent expected from a true seeker of truth, listen to the arguments given by the trained opponents?
Well, for those of you who, unlike me, have a very strong belief in either existence or non-existence of GOD, this survey may not make any sense, but I am suspicious even thinking/rethinking over this topic may sound too useless and boring to kill some time on to majority of people in modern societies. But why I am stressing this old rather hard issue? Does any answer help you in any sense? Does it make you rich? Does that cure cancers and diseases we are struggling with? Does it eradicate poverty and make societies more prosperous? Well, I personally don’t know what type of benefit the answer may give, but I am asking for a very simple reason: That is a big fundamental question and I suppose thinking about the question by itself is giving me a good direction of where to go and what to do. You may wonder how thinking about such a question helps without even finding any answer? Um… I may write about it later.
BTW, I know my English is poor. You have done a great great favour for me if could point out to at least 3 errors or suggest any better structure to put across my opinions.
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ReplyDeleteHere is an argument.
ReplyDeleteThat big question is still big, but I can imagine how that kind of sample population in my town would react; I'm pretty sure the argument will be less than 30 minutes since a lot of people THINK they have an answer for it already even though I doubt they could explain/argue much about it...Good point you raised...
ReplyDeleteOkey, It seems I am late to read your blog today. you already have three comments. The great quetion is still great but I won't argue about it,...(I can give you my reasons next time we talk, if some one wants), I will share my feelings, my discoverings,...about God, but not my reasons...so reasoning just take a "NO" for me.
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