Saturday, February 28, 2009
thought of the day.227
To presume the existence of a “Perfect God” is the pinnacle of presumptuousness; to think this God made us in his image, made the universe for us, died for us, not only loves us but desperately desires a relationship with us, talks to us, listens to us, is saddened by us, made glad by us, and suspends the laws of nature for us while intervening in the world at our request, is the very height of egotism; and to suggest all those not accepting these fanciful notions will be eternally tortured in hell is the very depth of depravity.
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If I were not still so triggered by this issue, and frightened by religious extremism that seems to be weaving its way even further into the political process, I would laugh at the idea that there is a God, that this God made the universe just for us (and the plants, animals, and everything on earth), that we are made in his image, and that he delights in us (it must be a real chuckle for god when he looks at countries where people have never known a good meal or a world without violence and war, see the agony and hear the screams) - I can't BELIEVE I bought the tripe that god created us to worship him and because he enjoys us (so much so that most of us will burn eternally in hell for the terrible crime of not believing the unbelievable). In my view, religion is terribly dangerous and the "fruit" of religion is war, misery, inequality, and abuse of human rights.
It is maddening to devote so much time to thoughts of “God” when clearly “God” is nothing more than a human creation, but as you say, concerns of religious extremism and how beliefs in invisible beings affect our world compel me to slog on. Hopefully, a couple of hundred years from now people will have no need to concern themselves with such thoughts.
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