(August 30, 2015 at 4:29 pm)Shuffle Wrote: Does anyone agree that the existence of god is a 50/50 chance? I have heard atheists say that theists have said this in the past, but I have never heard it. I just want to make sure it isn't a straw man that atheists have come up with, so I can avoid using it in the future.
Thanks!
In ancient times gods were simply men who forced their buddies to obey the political and religious rules that they issued under penalty of death. Kim Il Jung is the current god of North Korea. People actually worship him there.
There is no celestial god in this solar system.
It might help to think of the word "god" as simply the title of the meanest bastard in the land who controls both the political and religious sectors under penalty of death. The Iranian dude does that but he doesn't qualify as a traditional god since he worships some guy the Arabs made up. The ancient Persian emperors were gods in their own right.
