RE: Proof That the Bible Isn't the Word of God
January 28, 2013 at 7:01 pm
(This post was last modified: January 28, 2013 at 7:12 pm by Zone.)
(January 28, 2013 at 5:44 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: You funny
I don't see any reason why any human made religion is "true" if there's no evidence for any of them and they all make different mutually exclusive claims. So it seems easier to me to just say they're all wrong. There's a chance that one of them could be correct out of all thousands of religions. I don't fancy the odds though so I'll play it safe and not risk believing in stuff that isn't true, because that would be a bit foolish. It's a reverse Pascals Wager. So in a nutshell that's why I don't think I'm wrong (about religions not being right), odds are heavily stacked my way here.
(January 28, 2013 at 5:44 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Just like you would be confussing (nice word, I stole it) Christianity with theism huh?
If there's a God involved then it's theism and in Christianity what you believe in is in fact a God. A God who is somehow three separate persons one of which being a human man (something that will come as a surprise to all the aliens that could be out there) a Holy Spirit whatever that's meant to be represented by a white dove and the Father which is the main dude who made the universe and stuff who doesn't look like anything because he's invisible. So not only is there a God but you have a lot of details of this God as well. Now humans have a proven track record for making shit up when they don't know about something which is why all you can trust with any level of assurance are claims based on real evidence. When evidence isn't there you reserve judgement while making no claims of your own. To do so is to incur a burden of proof you cannot ever meet, not without evidence. So as you can see this isn't based on where you're born just beautiful logic. If there is a supreme being who reward and punishes people depending on whether they adhered to the religion of their origin of birth and culture rather than using the brain he gave them to decide otherwise then it's not a being worthy of worship anyway it may as well be some kind of all powerful demon, and you wouldn't want to suck up to that. So again reverse Pascals Wager, a God worthy of worship would be the God who doesn't mind not being specifically believed in or worshipped by anyone, the kind of God an atheist would like.
