Phat writes:
It all depends on whom (or what belief) you choose to be loyal to. I think its a bit arrogant for humans on a dustspeck in the middle of a solar system surrounding one of hundreds of billions of stars--nevermind galaxies---to deny the possibility of a Creator..but it appears some humans are hardwired to trust their own species intelligence at the expense of someOne in charge
Caveman: Does not believe in a tree god, but believes in land god.
Ancient Greeks: Does not believe in land god, but believe Olympian gods who lived on Mt. Olympus.
Egyptians: Did not believe in Olympian gods, but believe in sun god.
Catholic church: Did not believe in sun or Olympian god, but believe in miraculous god that run things directly in an Earth-centered universe.
Do you follow the pattern? Each culture I listed did not believe in a god that is immediately right in front of them, but they believe in a god that is just outside their understanding.
What makes you think you are any different? You're just citing a god that is just outside the boundaries of our current scientific understanding. In other words, how is this different than god of the gaps?
Don't get me wrong. I do not dismiss the possibility of a god. What I do not subscribe to is the type of god that needs worshipping at the threat of hell fire.
If one day mankind discovers a creator, it will probably be beyond anything we can comprehend. To suggest that a creator of the universe can be dumbed down to a book called the bible is no different than belittling the creator. The creator of the universe is now a petty child-god that gets pleasure out of slaughtering entire cultures of people. I honestly don't understand how religious people can reconcile with an event like the extermination of the people of Jericho.
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