RE: Whirlwind
April 25, 2010 at 5:58 pm
(This post was last modified: April 25, 2010 at 6:04 pm by Ace Otana.)
(April 25, 2010 at 5:27 pm)mchlbhm Wrote: I was a little kid. I trusted my mom. She taught me about god.
I questioned quite a bit. I could imagine life without religion. I sighed in relief when I started to disbelieve. Then I think about being dead wrong. Then I doubt my doubts. This goes in circles.
Fairytales... Once upon a time, I created a god. I chose to name him YHVH. He was easily angered, and held no qualms against killing his creation. He set up sick, twisted scenarios designed to "test" my faith. My logical side is trying to kill him. My love for *my* creation isn't letting me.
Sound about right?
Quote:I questioned quite a bit. I could imagine life without religion. I sighed in relief when I started to disbelieve. Then I think about being dead wrong. Then I doubt my doubts. This goes in circles.Do you fear at what could happen when you die? Well personaly I don't. To me, death is the total end of your existance. No pain and no worries, just endless sleep. You know why I'm not worried about going to hell if god was real after all? It's because someone as smart as that wouldn't be stupid enough to torture someone for simply lacking believe in his existance. Also, if god is all knowing, he would know why I don't believe and so he'd understand wouldn't he? Very intelligent and advanced beings are far less likely to be violent. According to logic. If god really was as hasty as they describe him then he can't be very smart or advanced. So why call him god? If I, an extremely limited individual thinks it's wrong to send people to hell for torture all because of other people's opinions then surely a god whos far greater than I must at least think the same. No?
So really, there is no risk to doubting.
Quote:Fairytales... Once upon a time, I created a god. I chose to name him YHVH. He was easily angered, and held no qualms against killing his creation. He set up sick, twisted scenarios designed to "test" my faith. My logical side is trying to kill him. My love for *my* creation isn't letting me.It's easy to create god. All it takes is imagination. It also doesn't take much to destroy it either. All that takes is reason.
The question I pose to you be this - Do you really believe in god? Do you really think he is anything more than an imagination?
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
