RE: Define god
October 19, 2012 at 11:59 am
(This post was last modified: October 19, 2012 at 12:04 pm by Ryantology.)
(October 19, 2012 at 10:57 am)Akincana Krishna dasa Wrote: It's true that the claim of authoritative exclusivity that exists in many religions can't all be true. Still, there may be all kinds of things in various religions that are still true besides that. Ever taken a history of religions class? The similarities that exist in many religious traditions are incredible.
The propagation of a story says absolutely nothing about its credibility.
Quote:It seems to me that religious diversity tends to support the truth of God. Lots of people, from lots of places, that never met or each other or even have a language in common are getting a similar idea about a supreme God. To me, that's interesting evidence for God, not against.
The propagation of an idea says just as much nothing about its credibility.
Quote:Specifically, do you feel those definitions contradict knowledge of nature and physics? Or are those definitions simply unsupported by science?
As you are not actually asking two opposing questions, my answer is one 'yes'.
Why would a god boast about himself with such grandiloquence until we actually start trying to find evidence he exists? Shocking that now he only whispers to a very select few. And, it is not just one god affected by a sudden case of meekness, but all of them. All these many thousands of beings, many of whom claim the power to create the entire universe, have conspired, to the last, to vanish. Are we supposed to accept this? Are we supposed to believe that not a single one of this enormous pantheon doesn't feel the urge to shake the heavens and make it obvious they are there, when that is probably the defining behavioral trait of most deities?
If I didn't know any better, I'd say they are all terrified of humans and their science.
