RE: God - a study in pointlessness.
May 8, 2014 at 4:45 pm
(This post was last modified: May 8, 2014 at 4:47 pm by Simon Moon.)
(May 8, 2014 at 4:38 pm)Lek Wrote:(May 8, 2014 at 4:08 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: So, in other words, 'God' created the universe, including 200 billion galaxies, each with 100 billion or more stars, with countless planets, as a giant 'Soul Filter' for several billion hairless ape like creatures (with an overblown sense of importance) on one of the untold countless planets orbiting one mundane star out of the over 100 billion in our galaxy alone.
Got it.
The god you believe exists is tiny and meaningless, and an obvious invention of the same hairless ape like creatures.
Who said he created it all just for us? He could have created it for us and all his other creatures, wherever they exist. We don't know.
I agree, there may be more sentient beings in the universe.
But my point stands. If you believe that the only way to salvation is 'faith in Christ', then at least for us, the universe is nothing but a 'Soul Filter'. And we only have 70 or so years to figure how the 'Soul Filter' works.
But if so, are we the only ones that need 'faith in Christ'?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
