A complex being like a god simply "popping" into existence is hard to believe. More plausible is a Universe that pops into existence in a highly chaotic state, then slowly becomes more ordered through natural processes acting over billions of years.She popped in from another dimension looking for something to do, on her dragon.
All that just seems like a waste of time. More cancel culture stuff.
You are missing the concept of multiverse. Parallel planes of existence. We could be just one in an infinite number of universes.
You're not wrong.It's like the story of why we have a dent in our upper lip. It's from an angel placing a finger to our lip and saying shhh, don't tell.
That doesn't explain anything.You are missing the concept of multiverse. Parallel planes of existence. We could be just one in an infinite number of universes.
Strictly speaking, BSG, that's a positive claim and actually puts the burden of proof on you for it.
But wait a minute, I did the math after reading R. Crumb's illustrated version of the Book of Genesis [the King James text-only version was too boring].
God sacrificed himself, to himself, pretending it was an necessary loophole towards forgiveness for a universal system he built, despite being an infinite authority, power and judge over that system.
I'm an epistemological pragmatist. Concepts that provide no explanatory value can be dismissed out of hand.
*nods* Fully agreed. Practically word for word how I see it as well.
God sacrificed himself, to himself, pretending it was an necessary loophole towards forgiveness for a universal system he built, despite being an infinite authority, power and judge over that system.
With the original sin being something completely beyond the comprehension of the two humans in the garden, with a forbidden tree this god knowing and deliberately placed, knowing what would happen (like throwing a razor sharp knife into an infant's crib and then blaming the infant when it cuts itself).
The story is absurd on so many levels (only a couple reasons I went into), it's a marvel that anyone could take it remotely seriously.
Fortunately I was not expecting anyone to take my Second Amendment myth seriously, Mr. SuckToy!God sacrificed himself, to himself, pretending it was an necessary loophole towards forgiveness for a universal system he built, despite being an infinite authority, power and judge over that system.
With the original sin being something completely beyond the comprehension of the two humans in the garden, with a forbidden tree this god knowing and deliberately placed, knowing what would happen (like throwing a razor sharp knife into an infant's crib and then blaming the infant when it cuts itself).
The story is absurd on so many levels (only a couple reasons I went into), it's a marvel that anyone could take it remotely seriously.
An infinite number of G/gods.
Don't stand too close. Rorycoati is about to be hit by lightning.
We all gotta go sometime.Don't stand too close. Rorycoati is about to be hit by lightning.
I know. Still mourning are we?
I have a lot of practice disbelieving impossible things. Disbelieving an infinity of them is trivial.An infinite number of G/gods.
Like personal communicators?
No, not at all.I know. Still mourning are we?
You're not wrong. There does seem to be a fair amount of threads and posts constantly bringing that name up.
It makes more sense in the original Hebrew. God could have made Adam and Eve incapable of sin. He could have made the Garden of Eden without the tree of knowledge.God sacrificed himself, to himself, pretending it was an necessary loophole towards forgiveness for a universal system he built, despite being an infinite authority, power and judge over that system.
With the original sin being something completely beyond the comprehension of the two humans in the garden, with a forbidden tree this god knowing and deliberately placed, knowing what would happen (like throwing a razor sharp knife into an infant's crib and then blaming the infant when it cuts itself).
The story is absurd on so many levels (only a couple reasons I went into), it's a marvel that anyone could take it remotely seriously.
Your version is just as nonsensical as any other version. The god character is proposed to be all powerful and all knowing. If he wanted humans with free will, moral conscience and understanding, he could just create them that way by default.
God didn’t want toys or puppets. He wanted moral actors who could decide right or wrong for themselves. Or that’s the lesson I choose to take from Genesis. If there is a God He wants us to take responsibility for ourselves.
