The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #100863   Message #2052768
Posted By: Bill D
15-May-07 - 05:02 PM
Thread Name: BS: Why should anyone believe in 'God'?
Subject: RE: BS: Why should anyone believe in 'God'?
guest..you risk having your posts deleted if you don't sign them in this area....but I will briefly respond...again...to this overused and poorly understood idea.

leaving aside for a moment worrying why 'Naturalism' is automatically a problem, it is perfectly easy to create and recognize rules & moral principles based simply on common sense. That is how 'most' laws in the world are written. It makes sense to have a rule against killing others, or stealing their property, or coveting their wives...we don't NEED a god to explain these things to us.....and if you have noticed, the 'gods' of various religions don't always agree on the details about what is moral & right.

   The fact is, most of the supposed religious rules are seldom followed exactly as written, but are interpreted freely by religious leaders to fit their notion of what is 'good & right'.

We really need, as a species, to get beyond the idea that we can't operate without looking up in some ancient text the 'rules' about how to live.