RE: Gods plan is flawed as is the concept of god itself!
February 23, 2010 at 11:48 pm
(This post was last modified: February 23, 2010 at 11:53 pm by Alex.)
(February 23, 2010 at 10:20 am)chatpilot Wrote: In my opinion the first flaw in gods plan was endowing man with free will, because by doing so he is setting mankind up to fail and not be able to live up to his ridiculous standards of morality (this is not very wise on the part of an all-knowing god). The bible describes original sin Genesis 2:17 as being the result of the many calamities that mankind faces today and for all the rest of his days here in this life. Gods solution was to destroy mankind and start over with the one family he considered just among men (Noahs family).Wait, the deluge was in order to eradicate what Christians consider 'original sin'? I'm not Christian myself, but I'm pretty sure that's incorrect.
Quote:But this so called solution is flawed in that if what the bible teaches about sin being inherent in us is true, then he has failed to eradicate sin and it continues to plague mankind.No, I'm almost certain the flood wasn't to eradicate all sin in all of mankind. Where are you getting this from...?
(February 23, 2010 at 3:25 pm)Thor Wrote: It's interesting that "The Dark Ages" refers to a time when the church ruled the land, but the period when science and reason took hold is called "The Enlightenment".Actually, the term 'dark ages' is inaccurate. I believe "Early Middle-Ages" is the preferred term, and the Catholic Church didn't "rule the land" until some time after. In fact, in what you're calling the Dark Ages it was only the efforts of monasteries that kept much of the ancient knowledge alive.
Wonder why that is?
(February 23, 2010 at 3:35 pm)Thor Wrote: Can you imagine how far we would have advanced if everyone accepted the explanation that "God did it"?That's right, because the religious have never contributed anything in the realm of science...
What caused the smallpox epidemic?
God did it!
Why did the volcano erupt?
God did it!
Why did lightning strike my metal weathervane?
God did it!
Why did the storm hit?
God did it!
If we just accepted this lame explanation we wouldn't have antibiotics, weather forecasting or electricity.
You're really showing off your horrible understanding of history.
