RE: God: The Great Tempter
March 1, 2016 at 6:15 am
(This post was last modified: March 1, 2016 at 6:42 am by Huggy Bear.)
(March 1, 2016 at 12:14 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote:(February 29, 2016 at 8:16 am)Huggy74 Wrote: Walking on water, raising Lazarus from the dead after 4 days, feeding 5000 people with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish, walking through walls, teleportation, and flying.
That enough?
Nope, it isn't. Other characters did similar things.
Heck, doctors are doing penis transplants today. What's more godly than that? All Jesus knew how to do was cutoff guys' foreskins. They had a big fetish about that. They liked to suck the bloody thing and eat the foreskin for a snack. It's the "drink my blood and eat my flesh thing".
You think penis transplants are miraculous? You must be due for an upgrade.
In that case I guess one would find that to be a godsend.
(March 1, 2016 at 12:49 am)Cecelia Wrote:(February 29, 2016 at 8:16 am)Huggy74 Wrote: Walking on water, raising Lazarus from the dead after 4 days, feeding 5000 people with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish, walking through walls, teleportation, and flying.
That enough?
To be honest none of it is particularly impressive. I mean even if it were verifiable, it's not exactly 'wow' material. A few magic tricks, nothing really impressive for a god.
Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine have nearly wiped out Polio, and in a few generations it may be a distant memory.
Edward Jenner and the Smallpox Vaccine have eradicated smallpox. The last time someone naturally got Smallpox? 1977. Last time someone got it in the United States? 1949.
Alexander Fleming (among others) discovered Penicillin, saving an estimated 82 million lives, and still counting.
Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch (among others again) supported germ theory, leading to saving millions of more lives.
All of these, mere men without the knowledge of the inner workings of the universe. No mere magic tricks that continue helping people long after they're gone.
let's see, If one could feed as many people as Jesus did with the amount of food he had (there was food still left over mind you) world hunger would be eradicated; NOPE not impressive.
Raising people from the dead (think of being able to bring back anyone you wanted from the past); NOPE not impressive.
But you find vaccines to be miraculous, when it's ones own immune system (given to you by God) that does the actual work.
Funny though, the indigenous peoples of this country had no need for vaccines, until filthy Europeans started gifting them blankets contaminated with smallpox... you don't find Plagues to be impressive? Do you want to weigh how many lives were saved against how many destroyed?