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Skriven 2006-09-20 16:17:00 av Robert E Starr JR (9181.babylon5)
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On 20 Sep 2006 07:27:44 -0700, Bill <beastmachinery@msn.com> wrote:
> Methuselah Jones wrote:
> > Well, what I couldn't buy into was a Deity that would punish Its
> > creations for not doing what It wanted. If a program I create doesn't do
> > what I want, I fix it.

> Peter David has an interesting and maybe accurate take on that: God is
> a four year old.

There is no need to insult 4 year-olds, really.

> The interview is (I think) in a Wizard Special Edition concerning the
> Heroes Reborn/Heroes Return events from a couple of years back. David's
> reasoning for the heroes being shunted into a parallel universe was
> that Reed Richards' four year old son Franklin created the whole
> universe and popped the heroes into it and brought them back later.

> But think about it. Doesn't a highly immature "deity" account for God's
> silences when asked legitimate questions (most of Job), or his "love me
> or be destroyed" attitude (the flood in Genesis, "I am the Lord they
> God, thou shalt have no other gods before me" in Exodus)?

What I find difficult to understand is how so many adults believe in 
these stories and characters so literally. I do understand they have been 
brainwashed and indoctrinated since childhood, before they had any options 
or the ability to think critically. I get that. But at some point, most 
adults stop believing in Santa Claus. Yet, they hold on to this "God" that 
makes no sense whatsoever.

Oh, and if we do not understand why this "God" would allow evil things to 
happen to innocent or good people, we are supposed to trust there is a 
master plan, and we are too limited to understand it. Really? How stupid 
does one have to be to buy into something as preposterous as that? 
Moreover, how immoral and irresponsible is this notion? If all the 
unnecessary suffering in the world is just part of the master plan of 
some entity far beyond our understanding, we don't have to do anything 
about it. How convenient.

> Finally IMO, the political shenanigans that run churches and synagogues
> nearly everywhere would only appeal to the immature mind. But that's
> another rant ;)

> Bill (who is a happy agnostic)

"In the Bullshit Department, a businessman can't hold a candle to a 
clergyman. 'Cause I gotta tell you the truth, folks. When it comes to 
bullshit, big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the 
all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims: religion. No 
contest. No contest. Religion. Religion easily has the greatest bullshit 
story ever told. Think about it. Religion has actually convinced people 
that there's an invisible man--living in the sky--who watches everything 
you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special 
list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these 
ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and 
torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn 
and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time!
     But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs 
money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow 
just can't handle money! Religion takes in billions of dollars, they pay 
no taxes, and they always need a little more. Now, you talk about a good 
bullshit story. Holy Shit!" --George Carlin.

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