Personally, I find it impossible to conceive of a supernatural God. Even if something does live outside of time and space, it would just be very, very alien, it would still be natural. So I think my issue is that anything that might have created us is just alien. Think Q from Star Trek. Even if it caused the big bang and all that followed, why would it care about us? And if it did, why would it want or deserve worship?
If I'm to be punished for lacking imagination, that isn't something I chose, but an actual limitation I have, so any supposed creator god/alien creature that punishes me, not for some imaginary free choice but for literally being the way I'm made, is just a monster. That is like intentionally deforming your children, then punishing them (eternally, too!) for being born deformed.
I've never read, seen, nor heard a definition of God that makes sense to me. I used to accept it without ever thinking deeply about it, because it's such a nice idea on the surface. But the first time I ever started asking questions and digging below the surface, it started making no sense whatsoever.
So personally I reject all the definitions of gods that have been presented to me as impossible, wishful nonsense. But everyone has their own specific take on this, and who knows, perhaps I'm really just very unimaginative, so I won't say with 100% certainty that I am correct. I think this is where most atheists and theists differ. Even the hardest atheists often express some form of "But my mind could be changed", while that is rarely the case with theists (though ironically, it seems that for many their minds can be changed, they just don't like to admit to any doubt upfront, as that is considered a sin in and of itself).
If I'm to be punished for lacking imagination, that isn't something I chose, but an actual limitation I have, so any supposed creator god/alien creature that punishes me, not for some imaginary free choice but for literally being the way I'm made, is just a monster. That is like intentionally deforming your children, then punishing them (eternally, too!) for being born deformed.
I've never read, seen, nor heard a definition of God that makes sense to me. I used to accept it without ever thinking deeply about it, because it's such a nice idea on the surface. But the first time I ever started asking questions and digging below the surface, it started making no sense whatsoever.
So personally I reject all the definitions of gods that have been presented to me as impossible, wishful nonsense. But everyone has their own specific take on this, and who knows, perhaps I'm really just very unimaginative, so I won't say with 100% certainty that I am correct. I think this is where most atheists and theists differ. Even the hardest atheists often express some form of "But my mind could be changed", while that is rarely the case with theists (though ironically, it seems that for many their minds can be changed, they just don't like to admit to any doubt upfront, as that is considered a sin in and of itself).
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
