Christians apparently feel it would be much safer to believe a lie based solely on faith, (Pascal's wager) than to have nothing to believe in.
I think the human brain cannot easily accept that there is nothing else beyond this reality; because this is the only reality our brains have ever known, therefore the brain in its infancy seeks to incorporate and look toward a wishful lie, to satisfy its reason for existence and its own continuation, (a self-made delusion) to keep the brain from thinking that its only purpose was for a one shot deal here on earth: a promised paradise thought up only to be confirmed in our holy books penned by primitive men.
But then, a promised paradise must have certain stipulations to be met, since nothing is really totally free, (from our world view); therefore there must be loops and hurdles and boundaries one must overcome - there is a price to be paid - something must be sacrificed before we can achieve a preconceived goal. So naturally before we can enter a pure and holy sinless place such as a Heaven, our souls need to be cleansed and washed from our filthy wicked sins. So how do we physical beings do this from earth? We need to sacrifice a pure sinless person to take on our sins for us, so he can cleanse our filthy souls before we can enter the pure sinless paradise. So what constitutes and guarantees a sinless person? A pure sinless virgin, that has not been touched (down there) by a man - heaven forbid that a man toucheth a woman before she is wed. But if she is clean and untouched, then away we go, the gate to salvation has been opened, it's time for a savior to be born. It was all so simple - just a few phrases to explain the secret to salvation was all that was needed, but instead we get volumes upon volumes to shore up the lies that man has created from his fear of death and now he cannot back out of.
God wants us to be with him so much because he loves us, but it is totally out of his hands and so he had to divide his power and relinquish his authority over to his predestined son, oh after some consideration of about 4000 years, to help god save and tally lost souls.
Is the Bible god really in total control? Since he lost control of evil in heaven in which he himself created, according to Isaiah 45:7
The beginning of all evil for us humans, it was the woman's fault!
She is the cause of all wickedness and evil brought upon this world. Had she just not listened to that evil Satan. Ironically it is the evil Female (Mary) who rescues and bails all of us heathen infidel sinners out of eternal punishment, by rejecting a man's touch down there and keeping herself pure and having born a messiah out of god's love for each of us and she delivered us all a savior baby, Jesus The Christ Saviour Of Nasty Rotten Souls.
Were the Bible writers totally insane or is it just me, for not being able to believe such idiotic nonsense? What do you think?
I think the human brain cannot easily accept that there is nothing else beyond this reality; because this is the only reality our brains have ever known, therefore the brain in its infancy seeks to incorporate and look toward a wishful lie, to satisfy its reason for existence and its own continuation, (a self-made delusion) to keep the brain from thinking that its only purpose was for a one shot deal here on earth: a promised paradise thought up only to be confirmed in our holy books penned by primitive men.
But then, a promised paradise must have certain stipulations to be met, since nothing is really totally free, (from our world view); therefore there must be loops and hurdles and boundaries one must overcome - there is a price to be paid - something must be sacrificed before we can achieve a preconceived goal. So naturally before we can enter a pure and holy sinless place such as a Heaven, our souls need to be cleansed and washed from our filthy wicked sins. So how do we physical beings do this from earth? We need to sacrifice a pure sinless person to take on our sins for us, so he can cleanse our filthy souls before we can enter the pure sinless paradise. So what constitutes and guarantees a sinless person? A pure sinless virgin, that has not been touched (down there) by a man - heaven forbid that a man toucheth a woman before she is wed. But if she is clean and untouched, then away we go, the gate to salvation has been opened, it's time for a savior to be born. It was all so simple - just a few phrases to explain the secret to salvation was all that was needed, but instead we get volumes upon volumes to shore up the lies that man has created from his fear of death and now he cannot back out of.
God wants us to be with him so much because he loves us, but it is totally out of his hands and so he had to divide his power and relinquish his authority over to his predestined son, oh after some consideration of about 4000 years, to help god save and tally lost souls.
Is the Bible god really in total control? Since he lost control of evil in heaven in which he himself created, according to Isaiah 45:7
The beginning of all evil for us humans, it was the woman's fault!
She is the cause of all wickedness and evil brought upon this world. Had she just not listened to that evil Satan. Ironically it is the evil Female (Mary) who rescues and bails all of us heathen infidel sinners out of eternal punishment, by rejecting a man's touch down there and keeping herself pure and having born a messiah out of god's love for each of us and she delivered us all a savior baby, Jesus The Christ Saviour Of Nasty Rotten Souls.
Were the Bible writers totally insane or is it just me, for not being able to believe such idiotic nonsense? What do you think?
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Many forget that Adam was standing right beside Eve. He could have said no, could have tried to convince her otherwise, could have walked away...one of the biggest misconceptions is that it was strictly her fault.
Your approach to theology seems to be that if you can not understand it, it must be either moronic or wrong.
Carrying this logic over to everything else in life...
If a man/woman pledges his/her undying love to you, do you believe him/her or do you need absolute proof?
If you do not completely understand a subject...math, biology, etc., does that mean that it is wrong?
I could go on and on.
Plato once warned against the following...the more we tend to know about a particular subject (you and I working in the legal profession), the more we tend to think we know about everything else (your arguments are always structured as if you are in a court of law).
Way back "in the day" as I entered the profession, I reminded myself that the rest of the world does not hold our profession in very high esteem.
My point is this, if you want to sound more convincing, write something that sounds a bit more "outside" the courtroom.
Oh, and you are right...it is just you.
"Many forget that Adam was standing right beside Eve. He could have said no, could have tried to convince her otherwise, could have walked away...one of the biggest misconceptions is that it was strictly her fault."
god certainly seemed to think Eve was more at fault, judging by the punishments meted out.
"Your approach to theology seems to be that if you can not understand it, it must be either moronic or wrong."
I can't speak for the author, but the stories of the Bible simply don't make sense, period. It's not that I can't understand, it's that properly understood they still don't make sense. That doesn't necessarily make them wrong, but it certainly makes it rather unlikely that an omni-max god authored them.
"If a man/woman pledges his/her undying love to you, do you believe him/her or do you need absolute proof?"
I would be skeptical if I had not already received some type of evidence that this was the case. Let's face it, if someone you didn't know simply walked up and pledged their undying love, you would be skeptical too. And, no this doesn't mean "absolute proof" is necessary. Xianity has no evidence what-so-ever, so asking for absolute proof seems like overkill. OTOH, one would think an omni-max god could provide it.
"If you do not completely understand a subject...math, biology, etc., does that mean that it is wrong?"
No, but I don't agree with your initial assertion that led to this, so it's not a very good analogy.
"Oh, and you are right...it is just you."
No, actually it isn't just him, considering that the majority of the world is not Xian.
To the annony poster
Thanks for the laughs, as gct mentioned, the Bible god apparently felt that the woman (Eve) was totally to blame, regardless if Adam happened to be right beside her when her punishment was inflicted upon her, Adam could have said, No god, it's not all her fault, I should share in half of the blame, so the pleasure of sex remains with a man and a womans sex act is punishment and pain and hardship for her.
Sound like a fair god to you? After all, the Bible god lost control over the very being that he created, had the Bible god been totally in control in Heaven, Satan would not have became envious or jealous.
Stay tuned, there's more to come!
Maybe next, The Lamb of God
INFIDELS!!!
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