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What a bizarre and false thing to say. Atheists didn't invent the litany of gods that are worshipped today. Atheists didn't invent the 100s of different versions of the same magical god that you and the other sectarians slapfight over on this board.Isn't it ironic that it is atheists who invent/come up with magical versions of God.
You missed the point. Your description of a "magical" God is an invention. God is not magic, he is reality.What a bizarre and false thing to say. Atheists didn't invent the litany of gods that are worshipped today. Atheists didn't invent the 100s of different versions of the same magical god that you and the other sectarians slapfight over on this board.
Where did the "golden rule" arise? Consider this carefully and you may find that what allowed you to live your life and try to be generally good without an overt belief in G-d carried with it the underlying essense of G-d. Before the bible the Golden Rule didn't exist. Humans were even more savage-like in actions until G-d first spoke to Mlses.When I was 10 years old, we had a dog named Silver. A sealyham - sort of a largish Westie. He had been struck by a car when I was much younger and that had left him blind in one eye. We adapted. He adapted. But whenever he entered an unfamiliar space (the furniture moved, for instance) he would collide with things. I felt bad for him. Like most children my age I believed what I was told was the truth by my parents and the church they took me to. So I prayed as fervently and selflessly as I could manage that God would restore his vision. But, as would happen in any bad movie, his poor vision led Silver to wandering out in front of another car where he suffered another concussion which left him completely blind. Now all dogs go to heaven because all dogs are innocent. Every non-human form of life is innocent of the many sins the Bible spells out. Initially, I was angry. How could God cause my innocent dog to suffer, regardless of his motive or intent? The standard "mysterious ways" line didn't help at all. What did help was the realization that the best explanation was not that god was mysterious or unknowable, but that he simply wasn't there. The existence of the god described by the Bible and by our preacher and the believers I would talk with was simply not possible; not only because it violated all the laws of nature but because absolutely no evidence I could find supported the idea. Every thing I could learn about the world and how it worked refuted the idea of a caring, personal god who had created miraculous humans and a miraculous Earth to be their home and was everpresent, watching over us and, on proper supplication, violating the laws that he himself had set in place - if he felt like it.
As the years went by I simply became more and more convinced that there is a great deal about the working of the universe we do not yet know, but the basics - the principal of uniformitarianism, holds, everywhere and everywhen. Nothing is supernatural. No will directs or inspires the stream of events taking place over the passage of time. Only physics.
What signs or signals should I have caught that might have lured me back to my childhood faith? And how might my life have been different had I done so? I have lots of friends and I'm pretty sure most of them think I'm a nice guy. I buy fully and heartily into the Golden Rule. I believe it to be the sole basis of human civilization. How do you think my complete lack of divine faith hurt me? Will your god throw into a lake of fire because I led a good life but failed to do him obeisance? That is, of course, precisely what scriptures tells us. Why would ANY of you believe, much less WORSHIP such a god? He seems a monster. Would anyone care to correct me?
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same people who told me about baby jesus also told me about santa claus and the easter bunny. i think we teach children to be skeptical, a vital life skill, in this way.
If a God that cared if you believed really wanted you to believe he would have done a better job proving he is real. ...
interesting examples, i'm sure they tagged superman as "fiction" and i read the myth of the minotaur on my own .Did they tell you also something about Kal El and Ariadne?
You missed the point. Your description of a "magical" God is an invention. God is not magic, he is reality.
Why does that higher power necessarily have to be the god of the bible?
And how do you know there is only one? Oh yeah the bible told you
if there is some kind of multidimensional multiverse god and the angels could be folded into the extra dimensional strings, but when humans talk "reality" we can only sense the 4.Which part of "reality" is this God? If he is a part of "reality", you'll be able to prove it, so, go ahead.
God is often termed "spiritual", as in, it's from something that does not conform to current science knowledge. Others would call that "magic", as, Harry Potter flying is "magic" because it's impossible for a human to pick up a broomstick and fly around, science does not allow it.
Which part of "reality" is this God? If he is a part of "reality", you'll be able to prove it, so, go ahead.
God is often termed "spiritual", as in, it's from something that does not conform to current science knowledge.
Others would call that "magic", as, Harry Potter flying is "magic" because it's impossible for a human to pick up a broomstick and fly around, science does not allow it.
if there is some kind of multidimensional multiverse god and the angels could be folded into the extra dimensional strings, but when humans talk "reality" we can only sense the 4.
Do you understand Kal El? Do you understand Ariadne? Do you understand what they have to do with each other?interesting examples, i'm sure they tagged superman as "fiction" and i read the myth of the minotaur on my own .
Of Taoism I know very little ...
only one truth? how does that fit into the "alternate realties" so colorfully displayed in the former presidents delusions?Also the structure of truth is telling you this. There's only one truth. Take science as an example: If a theory in physics and a theory in biology are in conflict with each other this has to be cleared. Reason: Scientistst believe in one truth and not in many truthes. And they believe this truth is independent from human beings. We do not create the world - we are only able to use what's here.
And it's funny that some people think they can sense some other multidimension, and others can't, and it's mostly about what they were taught when they were young....
both are myths, but i might say that jesus (the mystery god of sheep and fish, ) would be closer to the mysteries of persepine and dionesiusDo you understand Kal El? Do you understand Ariadne? Do you understand what they have to do with each other?
... Speaking lies is evil ... can we agree on that? ...
It's literally a made up story sprinkled with some historical factsIt literally records the history of a people who cycled between remembering and forgetting God. Literally.
Yes, I know you did and I addressed it. You just like to argue because you are a militant atheist who hates Christians.
Joy was not invented by Christianity.Before Christianity there were related words, happiness, gladness, rejoice. But 'joy' essentially came with Christianity. It's interesting that Buddhism doesn't pursue emotions such as joy, but rather equanimity and peace of mind. Peace is also a hallmark of Christianity. Daily peace, daily joy.
As someone who grew up in a family of Buddhists, atheist, Catholics, and non-Catholic Christians, with Judaism tossed in along the way, anyone telling another that one's own way was the "right" way never surfaced. Being so unfamiliar with that ever taking place either at home, school, community, I find it utterly strange you keep harping about it. Who were all the people telling you their way was the "right" way? (I'm curious)
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Will we also continue to see the rise of depression and lack of joy? What say you?
We each create our own reality.Isn't it ironic that it is atheists who invent/come up with magical versions of God. Meanwhile those who have experienced/believe in God are content with the reality.
