Religion

“People believe in God because the world is very complicated and they think it is very unlikely that anything as complicated as a flying squirrel or the human eye or a brain could happen by chance.  But they should think logically and if they thought logically they would see that they can only ask this question because it has already happened and they exist.  And there are billions of planets where there is no life, but there is no one on those planets with brains to notice” (page 164).

Do people with mental disorders, such as Christopher’s, often experience this lack of religious beliefs?  Are religious beliefs defied by logic?  The point of view of Christopher is an incredibly interesting one with which to approach the idea of faith and to credit or discredit various parts of it.  I can’t help but wonder if Christopher’s inability to believe in “God” is a result of his cognitive disorder or if it is a product of his upbringing.  I was amused when he cited “flying squirrel[s]”, the “human eye” and “a brain” as things that couldn’t happen by chance in the mind of most and it reminded me of the sarcastic way in which this organization approaches the issue of religion *wave cursor over space following semicolon to find link* : http://www.subgenius.com/

Even though Christopher probably doesn’t mean to address the issue with sarcasm, since it’s not in his general range of emotions, it still heavily reminds me of many organizations that point out the lack of logic in religion.