(February 26, 2018 at 11:17 am)Khemikal Wrote: I think the main intellectual issue, is that I have thoughts.

I'm going with the narrative's indistinguishability from bullshit.

I'll throw in "God's" indistinguishability from nonexistence.

(February 26, 2018 at 12:59 pm)Cathooloo Wrote:

(February 26, 2018 at 11:17 am)Khemikal Wrote: I think the main intellectual issue, is that I have thoughts.

I'm going with the narrative's indistinguishability from bullshit.

It is weapons grade bullshit.

Reluctance of virtually all followers to even consider following all 600+ laws in Leviticus is a real head scratcher for me. Especially the laws regulating menstruation since it is so icky. Hard to imagine the Lord God Almighty ever getting used to that in His churches.

For me to have a 'major intellectual issue' with Christianity, I would first have to see it as a position that is in any way intellectually respectable. I don't.

(February 26, 2018 at 12:58 am)Jenny A Wrote: I don't believe there is a god generally because I see no substantial evidence such a being exists.  

Do you believe higher dimensions exist?

So an all-knowing wise god decides to spread his word to a bunch of farmers during an age where most people can't read. And he picks a very tiny nation in which to do this, of which are a very small minority of the world. Then decides to sacrifice himself to himself so he can save people from what he plans to do to them. He doesn't even wait until video technology exists in order to get his message to the most people possible. Nor does he visit every nation in the world to spread his message. He doesn't even write his own book. Leaves that up to some people who hundreds of years later decide to cobble something together.

At which point I have to question just how wise this god is. Not to mention the acts describe in the bible are terrible PR. I mean if anyone really thinks he's a good guy after killing 75,000 people for taking a census... you've gotta be some kind of sociopath.

(February 26, 2018 at 11:35 pm)Huggy74 Wrote:

(February 26, 2018 at 12:58 am)Jenny A Wrote: I don't believe there is a god generally because I see no substantial evidence such a being exists.  

Do you believe higher dimensions exist?

What do you mean by higher dimensions?

(February 26, 2018 at 11:35 pm)Huggy74 Wrote:

(February 26, 2018 at 12:58 am)Jenny A Wrote: I don't believe there is a god generally because I see no substantial evidence such a being exists.  

Do you believe higher dimensions exist?

I don't understand enough super string theory to even begin to say exactly what the pesky 11 are let alone if they are real. Some physicists seem to think they are necessary to explain the behavior of particles but why I do not know.

Personally I like to constrain myself to the X-Y plane and hide myself from anyone inhabiting the Z plane. So I can fully understand why gods, ghosts and spirits would hide from us by restricting themselves to other dimensions.