(September 10, 2015 at 10:59 am)Napoléon Wrote:(September 10, 2015 at 10:29 am)abaris Wrote: Consider for a moment that an Omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent being exists. What do you think the interests of such a being would be? Concerned over one little planet, one little species?
This is kinda the point though. If even the religious acknowledged that their god isn't such a being, I think it would be somewhat easier for them to rationalise things like free-will and predestination.
I guess my question is more one of why do they perpetrate this omni idea if it's not one they actually need to believe at all.
The answer to this is obvious, methinks. The function of the God idea is to provide justice, or at least sense, to an unfair existence, thereby allowing people to get out of bed in the morning.
If God doesn't know everything, then how is he going to (one day, in a land far, far away) repay you for the shit that is your life, here and now?
