(November 20, 2010 at 4:50 am)tackattack Wrote: I have a lot of respect for my father who raised me and loved me all of my life. I'd give my life for his in a second. I can see how much more I would love him if I knew he sacrificed everything he had for me. How much more would that Love grow if I knew he not only died for me but to save everyone.
And how would you feel about dear old dad if you discovered that, in a pique of rage, he blew up a dam and flooded a town, killing everyone. And he did this because he thought that everyone in the town had given in to temptation. (But he did warn one family of what he was about to do and they were able to get to safety.)
And what if the mayor of your hometown signed a law your dad considered unjust? Let's say your dad did everthing he could to get the mayor to repeal the law, but the mayor refused. Every day your dad went to the mayor pleading for the law to be overturned, but every time he was rebuffed. Finally, your dad goes out and kills the first born child of everyone in the town. What would you think of your dad then?
And let's say that you have a child who gets cancer. Your father can easily cure the disease with no effort whatsoever. All he has to do is wave his hand over your child and he would be cured! You ask your father to cure your child, but he refuses. Every day you ask him to cure your stricken child. But every day he says no, without giving a reason. Finally, after enduring many cancer treatments and months of unending pain, your child dies.
Would any of this change how you would feel about dear old dad?
Quote:Get the correlation?
Do you?
Quote:Plus this univers is frickin awesome, not to mention all of the day-to-day wonders of this world...
Some things about the universe are indeed "awesome". But the "day-to-day wonders of this world" include horrors such as cystic fibrosis, AIDS, ebola, malaria, flesh eating bacteria, internal parasites, blood sucking insects, tsunamis, tornados, hurricanes, mudslides, floods, meteor impacts, etc....
Quote:it rocks and if he created it.. endless enumerative kudos.
If some deity did happen to create this universe, it is obvious he doesn't give a fig about the welfare of humans.
Science flies us to the moon and stars. Religion flies us into buildings.
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
