RE: Arguments against Deism and for religion.
November 10, 2011 at 7:05 pm
(This post was last modified: November 10, 2011 at 7:15 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Are you implying that the almighty creator couldn't write a convincing autobiography? I'd argue exactly the opposite.
Were god to write a book:
-it would be clear
-it would be concise
-it would be factually accurate in every statement(this would require that means of verification were established within)
-it would be able to be read by anyone who opens it regardless of what language they speak or whether they were even literate
-it would contain within it knowledge which was beyond the knowledge of human beings of the time(at the very least, if not beyond the knowledge of human beings to this very day)
-it would be so compelling, and so utterly obvious that it was written by a god, that no human being could not even begin to doubt it's veracity
Now, why would I argue this? Because If I were a god I would write such a book, and god is presumably much greater than myself, much more capable, and much more knowledgeable. Hell, I don't even have to be a god, give me a time machine and I can write a book that matches all but one of my requirements (the god bit, in this case it would be a time traveling human being from the future). If it took a dump truck to carry my wordless stick figure tome into the past I could still get the message to the illiterate, how about that for a miracle!
Were god to write a book:
-it would be clear
-it would be concise
-it would be factually accurate in every statement(this would require that means of verification were established within)
-it would be able to be read by anyone who opens it regardless of what language they speak or whether they were even literate
-it would contain within it knowledge which was beyond the knowledge of human beings of the time(at the very least, if not beyond the knowledge of human beings to this very day)
-it would be so compelling, and so utterly obvious that it was written by a god, that no human being could not even begin to doubt it's veracity
Now, why would I argue this? Because If I were a god I would write such a book, and god is presumably much greater than myself, much more capable, and much more knowledgeable. Hell, I don't even have to be a god, give me a time machine and I can write a book that matches all but one of my requirements (the god bit, in this case it would be a time traveling human being from the future). If it took a dump truck to carry my wordless stick figure tome into the past I could still get the message to the illiterate, how about that for a miracle!
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