(October 7, 2019 at 8:27 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:(October 7, 2019 at 8:22 pm)Belaqua Wrote: Yes, as I said earlier, I think that prayers for what we personally want -- fulfilled or not -- tell us nothing at all about what a God would do. Christians who expect their desires to be fulfilled are at the Santa Claus level of theology.
Forget theology. Theology is about exalting the purposed deceptions concocted to exert control by a few who could not argue their case for their own control truthfully.
Let's look at maturity in the context of beings who are part of society and part of reality, and must contend with the reality to improve anything at all. Christians who would rather not be mindful of the nonexistence of god, but would instead be told what such a nonexistent god would do, is at what level of maturity?
Christians who think stupidly are stupid.
People who say that all religious people think at exactly the same level as the stupidest ones are bigots.
