#1. There might be a God, there might not, it's actually unimportant. Live your life in a way that is most conducive to the overall well being of yourself and the world you live in and a compassionate God would never sweep aside your deeds over a simple logistic that you had no proof to support anyway. Plus, there's no promise that even if God exists, that he's compassionate. The directly observable evidence would show to the contrary anyway. (Evil exists in the universe, or at the very least suffering...)
#2. Conciousness can only be proven for an instant, and any given view of the universe may be fleeting. However, it is impractical to live by this ethos. So instead, live your life for the long haul, but your end (and the end of everything) may come in an instant. Fear not, as it is folly to consern yourself with such things that are beyond your control. Also, consider that you may have just winked in too.
#3. The paradise afterlife is nothing but a game played by humans to quell their fear of death.
#4. In actuality we live in paradise now. Yes, living in a place where all our needs are met would be great, but it is impossible to enjoy that paradise without the contrast of suffering to judge it by.
#5. Religion is the opium of the masses. Spiritual advancement makes sense only when you remove the bias of both church and state, and seek insight on your own. Religion does nothing but taint your opinion and bias your view. Instead, seek forums of free spiritual expression and exchange ideas freely with others.
#6. Believing in spiritualisim is sappy, and yet again an act of man (not God) to rationalize all those little nagging questions about their universe that they either can't, or won't bother to answer. As such, #5, although good advice for those who need that kind of 'catch-all' for stuff that doesn't make sense, is unnecessary if one can come to accept that the only way to answer questions is through experimentation and logic. Nothing has to be accepted as-is, and nothing should be.
#7. There are premises that I accept as fact only for the scope of conversations with other people (Because most people really don't want to forego anything that can't be solidly proved), and these premises are useful for interaction with my universe. For example time is continuous, I existed a moment ago, and will continue to exist in the next moment barring death, etc. Without these I could not function.
#8. I believe in the philosophical theory of fundamentalism (Which is completely different from religious fundamentalism.) Human thought is the result of processes explainable (eventually) by science. In time we will discover this process, and may be able to implement it using other means. As such, humanity is in no way superior to animals or plants, we just have a different natural tool for situational adaptation.
#9. All universal combinitions are possible. Even chaos may spring a complete universe for no reason at all. Because of this, it is unwise to assume that anything is fact. There may be an omnipotant thing in the universe, and it may be evil. There's no real way to tell.
I think that's the just of it. Figured it's not fair to dis on someone else's beliefs unless I expose mine and allow them to be critiqued too. Besides, I believe in #5 (duh) and since I'm in a 'sappy, and feel like using religion as a form of entertainment' kind of mood, I might as well. ;)
Pop goes the universe...
Mood: Sappy, and feel like using religion as a form of entertainment. :p