(July 20, 2014 at 11:56 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Which is powerful for the way it allows us to explore our experiences from the relative safety of fantasy. Somebody clearly didn't get enough beddy-by stories as a kid...lol. Of course it's fiction Thom - there's a dragon in it.
Actually - there are LOTS of beddy-by stories - there have been Hundreds of Thousands of different sects this nonsense over the centuries. Taken as a whole - the earth was created quite a number of time - by lots of different gods - for various reasons.
However - the basic problem with Xtianity and Islam are the claim of an ALMIGHTY - ALL knowing - All good SINGLE God of creation.
1 - IF only one being had the power of creation - it had to create everything - good and evil - and cannot be described only as all good.
2 - IF the god is the only Almighty being - as claimed - then there is no "fight" between it and a "Devil" - it should have the power to vanquish a "devil" (ie - evil) instantly. That it does not - either means it does not actually have the power - or it is knowingly allowing the evil it had to create - to exist. So - it is no better than evil itself.
3 - IF the god were real - why does it not prove itself to be so in a manner that cannot be interpreted any other way - through real and verifiable proof - to ALL humans. Remember - the majority of people on earth are not Xtians. AND for centuries - it could be said that the majority of people on earth never even heard of them.
The stories all include some type of - believe even if you do not see - clause. However - if even one person had the right not to believe until proven true (Thomas in the bible) Then it cannot be claimed that the god CANNOT show the truth to all.
