(April 1, 2016 at 12:19 pm)SteveII Wrote:(April 1, 2016 at 11:43 am)Whateverist the White Wrote: Not sure why people get worked up about all the omni/eternal/mega qualities of the Christian cosmic watchmaker. This notion is too bogus to deserve serious criticism. Much better just to laugh and move on.
That's interesting. So your point is the core of a belief system of 2.1 Billion people (not counting the billions who have already died) with 3500 years of history and literally hundreds of thousands of different books about it is so "bogus" that it does not even deserve a serious look and should be laughed off.
Not at all. The core of god belief is a wonderful thing. Unfortunately so many belief systems become calcified, rendering exaltative language into explicit empirical claims. Most common Christian denominations are guilty of this error. But no, god belief is not anything to cast aside lightly. Belief isn't the problem, understanding is.
