Further Proof there is No God

[_cinepro]

For all of man's brilliance and science, not once have we managed to create human life from dust.

Your comment is another reason I really, really hope "science" is never able to "create human life from dust".

[_John Larsen]

For all of man's brilliance and science, not once have we managed to create human life from dust.

Nor has God.

[_asbestosman]

Don't forget that Jesus is coming back wearing a robe soaked in human blood.

Says who? I thought it was a red robe symbolizing the blood He shed for our sins.

[_beastie]

Try Revelations 19 and Isaiah 63.

[_asbestosman]

Try Revelations 19 and Isaiah 63.

I always interpreted both to be symbolic instead of literal. I suppose Isaiah 63 isn't talking about God's blood though.

[_Tiktaalik]

comparing dictators and God,

Seems a very remote comparison. Dictators intentionally hurt people and contribute little positive good. If there is a God then God is the source of all the good of which you and I are aware of. I see life as worth the pain, sorry some do not.

How do we know that the creator of the universe (if there is one) isn't simply capricious or malicious (or delicious)? He/she/it could be like the little kid with the ant farm who sets them on fire with a magnifying glass just to satisfy his twisted bloodlust.

[_asbestosman]

He/she/it could be like the little kid with the ant farm who sets them on fire with a magnifying glass just to satisfy his twisted bloodlust.

Well, I though Bruce Almighty was a pretty good movie.

[_Tiktaalik]

He/she/it could be like the little kid with the ant farm who sets them on fire with a magnifying glass just to satisfy his twisted bloodlust.

Well, I though Bruce Almighty was a pretty good movie.

Oh, me too. It was great. Now that we've agreed on that... Why is it that god must necessarily be "good"?

[_The Nehor]

comparing dictators and God,

Seems a very remote comparison. Dictators intentionally hurt people and contribute little positive good. If there is a God then God is the source of all the good of which you and I are aware of. I see life as worth the pain, sorry some do not.

How do we know that the creator of the universe (if there is one) isn't simply capricious or malicious (or delicious)? He/she/it could be like the little kid with the ant farm who sets them on fire with a magnifying glass just to satisfy his twisted bloodlust.

If there is a creator who made us he can't be capricious and malicious. He couldn't give us good impulses or any morality he didn't understand himself.

[_asbestosman]

If there is a creator who made us he can't be capricious and malicious. He couldn't give us good impulses or any morality he didn't understand himself.

I think a hypothetical creator could. Such a monster might understand morality but chose a different path.

Another possibility would be a creator who didn't realize that he created us--sort of like the scientist who invents something by serendipity. Maybe it's an emergent thing just as with genetic programming techniques.

Not that I find any of those hypotheticals very compelling.