FT,
Why anthropomorphize something that is just as easy classified as what it is, forces that are measurable and do not seem to have any intelligence. It is kind of like arguing that your computer has a soul because it works better some days than other so it must be feeling emotions that cause it to perform differently from day to day. That may seem a bit crazy but so is labeling natural forces as "god". I know plenty of people who go that route though and I have even done it. There is an extreme reluctance built up from religious teachings that brings about an emotional response. It seems akin to William Burroughs revelation that he was a homosexual with just one word replaced.
"I shall never forget the unspeakable horror that froze the lymph in my glands--the lymph glands that is, of course--when the baneful word seared my reeling brain: I was an atheist."
Ok, maybe I am being a bit overdramatic, but signing on as an atheist does conflict with the idea of being saved by the blood of Jesus. Ergo, to hell straightaway!
Rhizo
Why anthropomorphize something that is just as easy classified as what it is, forces that are measurable and do not seem to have any intelligence. It is kind of like arguing that your computer has a soul because it works better some days than other so it must be feeling emotions that cause it to perform differently from day to day. That may seem a bit crazy but so is labeling natural forces as "god". I know plenty of people who go that route though and I have even done it. There is an extreme reluctance built up from religious teachings that brings about an emotional response. It seems akin to William Burroughs revelation that he was a homosexual with just one word replaced.
"I shall never forget the unspeakable horror that froze the lymph in my glands--the lymph glands that is, of course--when the baneful word seared my reeling brain: I was an atheist."
Ok, maybe I am being a bit overdramatic, but signing on as an atheist does conflict with the idea of being saved by the blood of Jesus. Ergo, to hell straightaway!
Rhizo
