(April 7, 2016 at 8:18 am)robvalue Wrote: That would be awesome too.OK, suppose the biblical God character exists. According to the fairy tale he established a set of rules that need to be followed in order to stay in his good graces. Such a creature could create dramas in which the people he's concerned with have to show that they are actually following the rules when faced with adversity. It's the Job situation. In this case the "people" who endure the actual suffering are soulless androids who are playing the victims to see how you, the real person, reacts. The intent is to see if you will follow the rules.
If I was in charge, "getting bored" would never be a problem. And you'd never have to endure horrible things to appreciate nice things.
Oh, and people would never be able to hurt each other in any way, shape or form. And no one would starve, or suffer...
These are all just the reality of how things are. But if we were designed to be this way, it's a stupid design.
Now suppose that there is no God of any kind. Everything is real and what you see is what you get. How can any act be good or evil when all behavior is part of human nature? Can you turn your blood into sand and expect to live as you do? Can you purge yourself of all emotions and expect to remain human? Everything that people do is normal human behavior that is in itself neither good or evil. It's just a reflection of what we are as living creatures.