(April 27, 2015 at 8:45 am)Tonus Wrote: I wasn't making an argument, I was making fun of you.
As for your point to Stimbo, you do realize that if Stimbo had raised a child, the child would know that he was real, right? Therefore Stimbo would not need to convince his child of anything. And most parents would be willing to help a child in need if they were able to, even if the child did not ask for help. Neither of those applies to god, who never shows himself and doesn't offer help unless you "ask" in some arcane and complicated manner. Maybe instead of asking Stimbo if he "ever thought of that" you might start doing some thinking of your own.
A difficult and knotty question even for God arise.
Suppose God create a beautiful environment for you to live as it was
in the beginning.
After some time you turn the forests into deserts.
You turn the clean air and water into polluted filthy elements.
You start wars, you make a total mess of your and other creature lives
and then ask God for help.
If God would help in sorting out your problems you can be sure that you would
never learn a thing and the rot will continue for ever with your and the planet earth
annihilation.
If on the other hand God would let you solve the problems that you created in the
first place you can be sure that sooner or later you will understand something about your father
so it is important to have a 360 degree outlook rather than judge according to what you can see just in front of your nose.