RE: In Defense of God.
June 25, 2017 at 8:53 pm
(This post was last modified: June 25, 2017 at 8:55 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
As an example...while I don't think that this is representative of all believers...I think we all know that there's at least one crazy in the world, with his finger on the trigger...that doesn;t pull it for no reason other than a terrifying fear of divine retribution.
If the point of a religion is to improve our character, or simply to keep us from savaging each other..in that persons case..it did so, but probably not for the reasons it would have liked.
I'm not telling you that it would be fabulous for everyone to believe, just because it worked for someone, or because it kept a jealous husband from killing his wife. I'm only suggesting that ruling out either as an impossibility seems to stretch credibility to it;s breaking point.
If the point of a religion is to improve our character, or simply to keep us from savaging each other..in that persons case..it did so, but probably not for the reasons it would have liked.
I'm not telling you that it would be fabulous for everyone to believe, just because it worked for someone, or because it kept a jealous husband from killing his wife. I'm only suggesting that ruling out either as an impossibility seems to stretch credibility to it;s breaking point.
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