RE: 'God' is starting to make less sense to me. (rant)
June 17, 2015 at 8:44 am
(This post was last modified: June 17, 2015 at 8:47 am by robvalue.)
I will also add this question:
If there is/was a being that created everything, why should I care? What difference does it make?
We have no possible way to learn anything about it, if it still exists.
However, I can put forward plenty of alternate explanations such as:
1) Time moves backwards and forwards, everything has always been here
2) Time continues infinitely far into the past, everything has always been here
3) We broke off from another universe
4) This is a simulation
5) I did it yesterday and planted everything else as evidence to make the place look much older
I have as much evidence for any of these as "god did it", which is zero. So until there actually is some evidence for any explanation, it makes more sense to say "I don't know". A lot of people seem very uncomfortable with that phrase. If you want to think logically and clearly, get used to those three words
If instead you just want to believe what you already believe or whatever makes you feel good, then there's nothing I can say which will help.
If there is/was a being that created everything, why should I care? What difference does it make?
We have no possible way to learn anything about it, if it still exists.
However, I can put forward plenty of alternate explanations such as:
1) Time moves backwards and forwards, everything has always been here
2) Time continues infinitely far into the past, everything has always been here
3) We broke off from another universe
4) This is a simulation
5) I did it yesterday and planted everything else as evidence to make the place look much older
I have as much evidence for any of these as "god did it", which is zero. So until there actually is some evidence for any explanation, it makes more sense to say "I don't know". A lot of people seem very uncomfortable with that phrase. If you want to think logically and clearly, get used to those three words
If instead you just want to believe what you already believe or whatever makes you feel good, then there's nothing I can say which will help.
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