RE: Do you wish God was real?
June 25, 2015 at 2:11 pm
(This post was last modified: June 25, 2015 at 2:16 pm by Simon Moon.)
(June 25, 2015 at 2:18 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Hello everyone, I have another question for all you fine folks of AF.
Do you wish there was a God?
It doesn't have to be the God of Abraham. But just A God. Some supernatural supreme being out there who created us and loves us.... Do you wish that was real or do you prefer the idea of nothing like that existing?
Please explain why or why not.
You would really have to unpack and define the word 'god' before I was able to make a judgement.
But for the most part, I would not wish any god that has extreme power and knowledge and that has the ability to manipulate our reality, cause miracles, answer prayers, etc to exist. I just cannot imagine how living in a universe with such a god, would not be a totalitarian regime. No matter how much said god is supposed to love us.
Just because a being created us, does not mean that it is moral for it to have sovereignty over us.
As far as the existence of a deistic type of god (created the universe, let it run on its own), I could care less if that type of god existed.
But since I do not base my beliefs on what I wish were true, only what is actually true, I do not play such 'wishing games'.
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.
