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#91
07-15-2014, 02:26 PM

Explain.
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07-25-2014, 07:31 AM

(05-02-2014, 10:51 AM)TheUnitedSolarRepublic Wrote:
(04-10-2014, 07:45 PM)The Union of Free Individuals Wrote: 1) The universe is finite and was created by an eternal God / Yahweh / Allah / Brahman / gods / spirits / flying spaghetti monster / multidimensional alien / what have you.

One questions I can't find an answer to is why? Why did he create us? I mean I partially realize that God's will is unknowable, but there seems to be absolutely no reason for creating us.

A perfect God created an imperfect world with imperfect people so that afterwards he can punish them for being imperfect ?:dodgy:
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07-25-2014, 11:45 AM

(07-25-2014, 07:31 AM)Janus Tollsplatz Wrote:
(05-02-2014, 10:51 AM)TheUnitedSolarRepublic Wrote:
(04-10-2014, 07:45 PM)The Union of Free Individuals Wrote: 1) The universe is finite and was created by an eternal God / Yahweh / Allah / Brahman / gods / spirits / flying spaghetti monster / multidimensional alien / what have you.

One questions I can't find an answer to is why? Why did he create us? I mean I partially realize that God's will is unknowable, but there seems to be absolutely no reason for creating us.

A perfect God created an imperfect world with imperfect people so that afterwards he can punish them for being imperfect ?:dodgy:

That pretty much summarizes Western religion. Huh
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#94
07-26-2014, 02:16 AM

It's not 'bout punishment.
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#95
07-27-2014, 10:21 AM

It's about this Singularity that I too, wish to hear more of.

And ascribing human motivation to a cosmic overlord of any stripe is rather foolish I would imagine.
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07-27-2014, 12:48 PM

'Cept for the millions if not billions of people that are motivated by a God or gods in their everyday life...
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07-27-2014, 08:55 PM

That's different from imposition of human frailties on a deity. Taking comfort and motivation from the idea of a creator is not the same thing.

And the fact that they are motivated by the idea is not an inherently good thing. Look at all we have wrought in the name of God over the millennia.
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07-28-2014, 03:27 PM

Too bad we can't go back and see what a Godless world woulda looked like...
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08-01-2014, 12:00 AM

Not all that different in all probability. Humans are still wired the way they are, that wouldn't change. We'd just invent different reasons to do many of the same things to each other and ourselves.
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08-01-2014, 11:30 AM

There've been few forces to promote selflessness and self-sacrifice more so than religion.
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