Oh, so you've proved this?
It's obvious to the most casual observer who's not afraid to look at the world with open eyes.
Don't you think that, if there was no God, millions of children around the world would starve to death while, in the richest nation in the world, the number one health problem was that we ate too much?
Don't you think that, if there was no God, religious rivalry and armed conflict would proceed apace with a desparate rush to invent horrible new ways to kill people not just like you? Don't you think that wars would inflame, manipulated by those seeking nothing more than to profit from both sides?
Don't you think that, if there was no God, calamity would fall at random, without rhyme or reason or consideration for how good a person you were? Don't you think we would live in a world where cancer would cut short the life of an innocent child, but a rapist serving time for the brutal assaults of women would win the lottery?
Don't you think that, if there was no God, wickedness and just plain bad behavior would be rewarded for some and punished for others; that inequity would be the human condition and anything good, anything of merit in this world would be the result of humans working hard against almost impossible odds?
Don't you think that, if there was no God, that the entities who live on an insignificant planet on the edge of an average galaxy would feel the need to offset their ignominious position in an outright hostile universe by inventing an imaginary friend with all of the positive traits they knew of and none of the negative; a friend who would make them feel like they were at the meaningful center of the universe, if not the physical?
In short, if there was no God,
wouldn't the world be exactly like it is now?
How can you look at the universe, at the world, and conclude that
this is the plan of an all-powerful, benevolent entity? You'd have to be delusional to believe in that kind of God.
This message has been edited by crashfrog, 09-23-2004 11:41 PM