(August 14, 2013 at 10:49 am)ronedee Wrote: ...What would you ask, demand, blame etc... of Him (God)?
What would be your main gripe of God to air-out? Or maybe you don't have a gripe? But, most everyone here is angry. So, what gives?
Enlighten us Christians on what God (if there is one) should have done right? And what He needs to do to correct it (for you personally)?
This is a serious question btw.
Then I shall answer seriously and with sobriety. Plus, you proved that you really are more moral than the god you say you worship, and even if you don't agree with me on that, just write it off as my own opinion if you want.
If anything, I think Star Trek has consistently nailed the concept of gods on the head time and time again.
-There was Apollo from TOS, who was not a god, but a powerful being who used to be worshiped on earth.
-There was Q from TNG who has infinite powers and even took a keen interest in humans, taking human form on several occasions to interact with them; his powers may have seem unlimited, but he could not be considered a god because he could logically be considered a being with abilities beyond the capacity for current human understanding.
-In DS9 the prophets actually let themselves be worshiped by a race of people, allowing them to build a religion around their divine providence. They were fickle beings, capable of feats that transcended space and time, and they even interfered in a war between the Galactic Federation of the Alpha Quadrant and the Interstellar Dominion of the Gamma Quadrant. You could say it was a literal Deus ex Machina! Even though many people knew they weren't actually gods, but rather beings on a higher plane of existence, there were many that rejected this explanation for the more irrational theory that they are gods and should be worshiped as such.
If a god exists, and if it's the Christian god, then he definitely fits the bill of one of these fickle beings. He lets people come up with stories about him, to make religions based on him, and he even let's them get away with murder in his name. All evidence points to the fact that this god doesn't care about the people of earth, despite what people say contrary to this. If he's real, and if he has interacted with these people, then he is guilty of propagating lies and misinformation regarding the known universe. One of two things is the case here: either he's lying on purpose to further his own twisted agenda, or he really does not know the first thing about science, reason, or morals and is in fact in possession of his abilities by some means unknown even to him.
My questions for this being would be:
-What is your reason for meddling in the affairs of humans?
-Why do you let so many different religions about yourself exist simultaneously, and why do you let people kill each other over the differing tenets of belief?
-Can you work with us to make our world a better or place? If not, can you go away please?