I HAVE NOT WRITTEN THIS TO INTENTIONALLY OFFEND. PLEASE DO NOT ASSUME THIS EVEN THOUGH I MAY PRESENT HOSTILE VIEWS TOWARDS YOUR RELIGION OR OTHERS.
Hey everyone, I've recently been researching, uh, 'creationism', and how some creationists try to logically and scientifically prove the words of the bible. Although everywhere I've looked, the creationists have a very small understanding of the science they are envoking, as well as creating numerous fallacies in their philosophical 'evidence'. I've come to the conclusion that in no way could creationism, by our knowledge of the world we have now gained today, ever be true. The fact that a sizeable amount of the world put their faith before knowledge in this respect means we will always have creationists, because many will never believe what science has to say. So I want to try and put forward a different angle other than the scientific one. The morality and foolishness of God.
My questions really stems from one main question. If God is all mighty and powerful, then why hasn't he made himself more known to us, so we know for sure he is the real God?
If I was forced to choose a religion on my death bed, how would I know to pick the right one? Go with my gut? Go with the most popular? there are tens of thousands of recognised religions. There is statistically more of a chance that I would get it wrong. So, hypothetically, Buddhism is wrong and Christianity is right, but I chose Buddhism. I meet God and tell him "Sorry, but there was no way for me to logically prove to myself that being a Christian was better than any other religion." What would he do? Would he accept me into his kingdom anyway, even though I did not abide by his rules? Or would he throw me out? "But I have been with moral character all my life! I may not have lived by all your rules, but I treated others the way I wished to be treated, and caused no intentional harm, injury or offense to anyone else! Just because I could find no undeniable proof that Christianity was the right religion, or indeed logically correct, that gives you cause to reject me from your arms?" What would he do?
I recently had someone tell me he believed the devil is everywhere, trying to tempt me away from God. He writes the books that tell us there is no logical evidence for God. This got me thinking.
Assuming the devil is writing these books, why hasn't God countered them? To test our faith, you would tell me. But when the devil is using logic that we are familiar with (science and reasoning) to tempt us away, God is relying solely on good faith to keep us at bay. I find it incredibly naive of God to think that we would not be swayed to the devil's side, when he is using the only thing we base our own knowledge on, facts, to disprove him. We judge everything else on facts, so why can't God realise this and help us out? At this rate, most of the world will not reach his kingdom. Not because they believe in a different religion, but because God hasn't been able to prove himself to us by the only way we know how to prove facts. For something to be found reasonable, one must be able to experience it, or logically prove it. Not necessarily scientifically, but just with reason and logic. Since God has not been able to do this about himself, the devil will claim most of the world. Why can't he understand that a lot of us actually need proof of his existence before we accept his existence? We are walking straight into the devil's arms all because God would rather rely on us going against everything we have done to expand our knowledge by choosing his faith with no proof, than actually help us by guiding us toward him with science, reason, logic and experience.
Forget the fact I don't actually agree with the rules God wishes me to abide by, but the mere fact that God is actually intellectually weak, foolish and naive makes it extremely hard for me to actually believe he is all mighty and powerful after all.
Could someone prove me wrong please?
Hey everyone, I've recently been researching, uh, 'creationism', and how some creationists try to logically and scientifically prove the words of the bible. Although everywhere I've looked, the creationists have a very small understanding of the science they are envoking, as well as creating numerous fallacies in their philosophical 'evidence'. I've come to the conclusion that in no way could creationism, by our knowledge of the world we have now gained today, ever be true. The fact that a sizeable amount of the world put their faith before knowledge in this respect means we will always have creationists, because many will never believe what science has to say. So I want to try and put forward a different angle other than the scientific one. The morality and foolishness of God.
My questions really stems from one main question. If God is all mighty and powerful, then why hasn't he made himself more known to us, so we know for sure he is the real God?
If I was forced to choose a religion on my death bed, how would I know to pick the right one? Go with my gut? Go with the most popular? there are tens of thousands of recognised religions. There is statistically more of a chance that I would get it wrong. So, hypothetically, Buddhism is wrong and Christianity is right, but I chose Buddhism. I meet God and tell him "Sorry, but there was no way for me to logically prove to myself that being a Christian was better than any other religion." What would he do? Would he accept me into his kingdom anyway, even though I did not abide by his rules? Or would he throw me out? "But I have been with moral character all my life! I may not have lived by all your rules, but I treated others the way I wished to be treated, and caused no intentional harm, injury or offense to anyone else! Just because I could find no undeniable proof that Christianity was the right religion, or indeed logically correct, that gives you cause to reject me from your arms?" What would he do?
I recently had someone tell me he believed the devil is everywhere, trying to tempt me away from God. He writes the books that tell us there is no logical evidence for God. This got me thinking.
Assuming the devil is writing these books, why hasn't God countered them? To test our faith, you would tell me. But when the devil is using logic that we are familiar with (science and reasoning) to tempt us away, God is relying solely on good faith to keep us at bay. I find it incredibly naive of God to think that we would not be swayed to the devil's side, when he is using the only thing we base our own knowledge on, facts, to disprove him. We judge everything else on facts, so why can't God realise this and help us out? At this rate, most of the world will not reach his kingdom. Not because they believe in a different religion, but because God hasn't been able to prove himself to us by the only way we know how to prove facts. For something to be found reasonable, one must be able to experience it, or logically prove it. Not necessarily scientifically, but just with reason and logic. Since God has not been able to do this about himself, the devil will claim most of the world. Why can't he understand that a lot of us actually need proof of his existence before we accept his existence? We are walking straight into the devil's arms all because God would rather rely on us going against everything we have done to expand our knowledge by choosing his faith with no proof, than actually help us by guiding us toward him with science, reason, logic and experience.
Forget the fact I don't actually agree with the rules God wishes me to abide by, but the mere fact that God is actually intellectually weak, foolish and naive makes it extremely hard for me to actually believe he is all mighty and powerful after all.
Could someone prove me wrong please?
