(March 9, 2016 at 1:09 am)MysticKnight Wrote: I think if God would prevent rape, he should prevent murder. If he prevents murder, he should prevent wars. If he prevents wars, he would force everyone to accept his representative on earth.
Now there's a curious sequence... with an interesting ending.
"his representative on earth"... don't you ever think why such a representative is required?
Try to look at it from the top down... and bottom up.
top down: god is there, but doesn't want to get his hands dirty (?), so he appoints a few sporadic "representatives".
bottom up: man is here, some men think they're in contact with a supreme being, and self-appoint as representatives of that being.
Both lead to things as we see them... but one need not be like that. I think the top-down view could do without a representative and maybe lead to a much better world... at least, one without divergence in the divine message - all humanity could be in proper sync, as the message would stem directly from god, no fallible representatives.... no false representatives... Under this scenario, the belief I talked about in another post would not be a requirement... people would have a justified belief, or knowledge, of this god entity and live with that. But that's not what we observe happening, in this world, is it, mystic?
