RE: Enough of this crap, I want to hear directly from god
November 18, 2020 at 4:23 pm
(This post was last modified: November 18, 2020 at 4:27 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(November 18, 2020 at 4:16 pm)Klorophyll Wrote: How do you explain children's tendency to believe and give purpose to all natural phenomena around them? Usually children aren't mature enough to imagine concepts.
The existence of human behavior is handily explained by the existence of the human nature of a human creature.
If this were a world where there were no gods, it would still be a fact that human children do that. You may even take it to be instructive with reference to your own god beliefs. Long long ago, some kid imagined fairies somewhere because that's what kids do, and now....many centuries later, you believe that those same fairies run the universe.
The real tragedy in all of this, is that there's an excluded third possibility. Yes, the children imagined the fairies that you now believe to be the authors of creation - but they weren't wrong about there being purpose in life. A natural teleology.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
