The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #138411   Message #3173596
Posted By: Bill D
20-Jun-11 - 08:34 PM
Thread Name: BS: Science under attack.
Subject: RE: BS: Science under attack.
Well....I have said...or tried to- that *I* can imagine a situation or two that would convince me, and I have ALWAYS felt that if a god created weak, silly, fallible people, he would HAVE to drop in more often than every few thousand years if he wanted them to follow certain rules.
*IF* some entity just created everything and then went away and ignored it, that would sorta leave us where we are now...inventing stories and rules that favor those with the cleverest promoters.

If a god-type being appeared to ME, I'd have some questions about planning and such.... I'm not sure I'd want to spend eternity ∞...in a Heaven with a boss who can't give better guidance & rules...in all languages & cultures. Did he really give all the knowledge to just one group and expect them to convert EVERYONE else? This feuding over details is tedious.

Now if all you want is some great music and art and interesting stories to meditate on, several religions have those...and I am really glad that we HAD a few thousand years of 'belief' to inspire some of the beauty in life. I can savor those things without buying into the theology,,,,