Originally posted by Fetchmyjunk
[b]Humans don't know JACK about god
How can you possibly claim to know that for sure? You don't even know a fraction of everything there is to know.[/b]
It's like this: a god like the one made up in the bible, would know everything past present and future about every person on Earth, and every being in the universe.
If it wanted to start a religion, it would be simpicity itself for that being to just contact every person at the same time in their own language, saying something like "look people, here is how it is...."
The FACT that ALL religions start out with one person supposedly the bearer of some great news about a god and then that person hornswaggles a bunch of people into actually believing him and therefore a new religion starts up.
Where that dude just so conveniently happens to have the best food, the best houses, the best transportation, the best women and so forth.
In other words, heirarchical with that dude on top and everyone else looking up to him as some sort of god.
It happens that way all the time. ALL the time.
Some dude, like the Davidians, he pronounces himself god or god's messenger and the poor weak minded folk of his new flock swallow the BS story hook line and sinker.
That to me, is exactly how Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Baptists, Janes, Hindu's and all the rest started.
They each one have exactly the same credibility. ZERO.
Since they were ALL just made up by some dude who ate too many desert mushrooms.