Mixed Emotions

I listened to a debate between Christopher Hitchens and Dennis Prager.  In the debate Hitchens who is a very smart man but really dumb makes very contradictory statements.  He agreed that all men are inherently evil.  However, he admits that people have a tendency to believe in something and in a higher authority.

Can any sane person who wishes to deny God explain this seemingly strange phenomenon? How did a seemingly purposeless being develop these contradictory feelings.  On one hand he wishes to do bad and on the other he wishes to live for a purpose and believe in God.  Hitchens tries to insinuate that people want to believe in a higher authority because of a weakness that humans have.  But Hitchens doesn't bother trying to explain why this is a weakness and not a strength.  I guess he feels that since its a great strength to deny God its a weakness that we want to believe in one.

It is very hard to understand his twisted logic for why would it be a strength to deny God if there absolutely no proof of God.  So in a way he subconsciously admitting that there is overwhelming evidence of God but he has the strength to deny him and therefore its a weakness to believe in God.  Further, if we are inherently evil why would we ever feel regret.  From what source would regret come from.  I never saw anyone claim that animals feel regret.  Even if there are animal lovers who want to claim that they have regret there will never be any proof of that.

In reviewing common traits we have with animals you can see that they are always of the self serving variety.  As my Grandfather put it "Every characteristic of man can be compared with some animal. Cunning, wickedness, slyness, selfishness, vengeance, greed, thrift, courage, timidness, loyalty, docility, boldness, imitativeness are all characteristics belonging to different animals, and are possessed by every person, in varying degrees".  Yet Animals rarely deviate from their nature.  Maybe in Hollywood they can make a Rabbit become bold and daring.  But in real life you will never see a bold rabbit.  Yet men can change their characteristics from moment to moment.  They can be Angry and then forgiving.  They can hate and love the same person at different times.  Men also have characteristics that no animal has such as justice, righteousness, grace, mercy & sympathy.

All these different emotions, feelings & our intelligence can only be explained if we believe in God and that he created us for a purpose.  The purpose was to choose between good and evil.  God gave us a body for which gravitates after earthly matters.  It is full of lust and cunningness.  It seeks pleasure and contentment just like an animal. And he gave us a soul which gravitates towards towards loftier goals.  It seeks righteousness and truth.  Its seeks humility and subservience to God. Its our choice to follow our souls desires and subdue our evil inclination that distorts the truth.

Atheists rather live a life torturing their souls, risk severe depression so as not to have to be subservient to God which created them.  Very sad for them.