(January 12, 2016 at 4:36 am)robvalue Wrote: The other thing about "what if I'm wrong" is that virtually everyone on the planet would be "wrong". First you have to pick the "right" religion, then the "right" sect within that religion, then the "right" personal interpretation (which is presumably important, or else religious people wouldn't disagree so much about all the details).
Unless God is handing out "close enough" free passes, the actual target is a dot on an infinitely sized dartboard. And if "close enough" doesn't involve just living your life in the best way that you can, then God is just an evil bitch, and we're all screwed anyway.
And, of course, the "right" answer might be a religion no one has even started yet. So everyone loses. Assuming God "must be" one of the cartoon characters currently portrayed is to ignore the infinite canvas of other things God could possibly be. No, there is no reason he is any of them. In fact the likelihood, until evidence is presented, is zero. "How could they be right?" is a better question than "What if I'm wrong".
And, of course, the idea that "God" only wants a couple of people to be "right", and does so by some scavenger hunt of ridiculous clues that look like fairy tales, is to assume God is actually a pathetic childish trickster who delights in justifying to himself his own desire to torture others.
Spot on, as always.
