RE: Benevolent Creator God?
August 8, 2021 at 9:05 pm
(This post was last modified: August 8, 2021 at 9:53 pm by LadyForCamus.)
(August 8, 2021 at 4:29 pm)Klorophyll Wrote:(August 8, 2021 at 3:56 pm)Ten Wrote: He made the world this way, though. How merciful is it really to throw someone into a tank of sharks and then offer your hand as "the only way out"? Oh, but no, you're right. If I am privileged enough, I can experience very little struggle and have moments of joy and pleasure while here. And so help me if I'm not grateful and genuflecting over it all. And those people less privileged? Who know suffering and sorrow and nothing but pain? They better be grateful just for the opportunity to breathe.
Yea, sounds intuitive when you put it that way. This God must have my best interests at heart for sure.
Yes, you should be grateful. Whatever you think is the origin of life didn't really owe you or me life in the first place. Your venting above is more evidence that atheism is correlated with arrogance and ingratitude.
You say , "what about people less privileged", how exactly do you know that anyone is less privileged ? As someone who should be agnostic about an afterlife, you have no way to tell whether or not some dead child is playing joyfully in heaven right now. We came to this life unexpectedly, nothing really prevents an unexpected afterlife.
(August 8, 2021 at 11:01 am)LadyForCamus Wrote: @Klorophyll
Whether intentional or not, you appear to be missing the obvious point. How did the Bible get stuff right about Egypt?
You do realize that the Qur'an asserts the bible's divine origin in its unaltered form.. right ? The correct stuff in the bible could be the remnants of what was initially revelaed to Jesus. But let's assume it's not the case, let's say whoever wrote the bible got it from some source, how does that explain Muhammad getting it right everytime he supposedly copies from the [corrupted!] bible or some other source?
I never claimed Muhammad copied anything. My point is, if you’re willing admit to yourself that it’s possible whoever wrote the Bible got correct information about Egypt from “some source,” then you need to similarly admit to yourself it’s possible that Muhammad and/or whoever wrote the Quran also got correct information about Egypt from “some source.” If you want to be consistent in your reasoning, that is.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken.
Wiser words were never spoken.