@ghost-of-a-duke saidYou assume we created God, gods yes not God. We have been forming gods out of wood, stone, metals or picking pieces of the creation and called them gods. I can hand you a god which is nothing but a piece of wood made to look like something.
Disciplines like anthropology and psychology give valuable insight into why humans feel the need to create Gods.
Taken simply, a cat or a horse doesn't hold a concept of the divine as they lack the required psychology to do so. A human however has the intelligence to look up at the stars and wonder how they got there, combined with the need for an answer. (Preferably one that instils hope and removes fear).
Against the grain of common world wide beliefs God revealed Himself to us, and even there man fought with Him preferring the ones we made. I think we are still fighting against Him and His revelation to us.
@kellyjay saidAnd why do you feel the need to commandeer science in service of bolstering all these superstitious assertions? Isn't your faith enough for you?
You assume we created God, gods yes not God. We have been forming gods out of wood, stone, metals or picking pieces of the creation and called them gods. I can hand you a god which is nothing but a piece of wood made to look like something.
Against the grain of common world wide beliefs God revealed Himself to us, and even there man fought with Him preferring the ones we made. I think we are still fighting against Him and His revelation to us.
@kellyjay saidScience and superstition are opposites. What use do you have for science when propagating your superstitious beliefs?
I'm not calling you anything, merely asking can anyone through science acknowledge the possibility of God? If it is impossible than there are blind spots there that should be acknowledged. If you can than it isn't science that is the issue.
@kellyjay saidFor me, the Christian God is no different than the gods fashioned in the past out of wood or stone. There are no grounds to give your particular God (capitalized out of politeness) any special dispensation.
You assume we created God, gods yes not God. We have been forming gods out of wood, stone, metals or picking pieces of the creation and called them gods. I can hand you a god which is nothing but a piece of wood made to look like something.
Against the grain of common world wide beliefs God revealed Himself to us, and even there man fought with Him preferring the ones we made. I think we are still fighting against Him and His revelation to us.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidYou believe the question is important that there is or isn’t one, laying aside which one for the moment?
For me, the Christian God is no different than the gods fashioned in the past out of wood or stone. There are no grounds to give your particular God (capitalized out of politeness) any special dispensation.
@kellyjay saidAll gods are created by man, for very good psychological and anthropological reasons.
You believe the question is important that there is or isn’t one, laying aside which one for the moment?
@ghost-of-a-duke saidHow do you know that?
All gods are created by man, for very good psychological and anthropological reasons.
@kellyjay saidHow is that belief any less credible than the endowment of omniscience on an unsubstantiated deity?
Than it is what you want to believe.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidI know what it is like to be a flawed human, God not so much.
How is that belief any less credible than the endowment of omniscience on an unsubstantiated deity?