05-04-2003, 09:50 PM
Allow me to use a simple example why "half the shit that has happened" has happened.
There's a father sitting in his measly apartment with the TV on. He's sitting on the sofa and sees that his child sits on the floor with his toys, paying no attention to him.
It's late, the door is open, and the hallway, void of lights, appears ominous to the child. He glances nervously towards the door, notifying his father of the dangers and fear that consume him, but the father doesn't respond.
This can be seen as cruel, but keep reading.
Eventually, the fear becomes too much for the child. He once again asks why his father refuses to shut the door. The father responds that the child has nothing to fear, and gestures for him to come sit up on his lap where it's safe. The child climbs up into his father's lap, but can't help but keep glancing towards the door. He can still feel the fear and the danger. The father could set the child's mind at ease and close the door, but he knows exactly what that would mean. The child would once again crawl down onto the floor, paying no attention to him.
The father refuses to shut the door because he wants so much to be the child's safe haven. I hope I didn't confuse anyone.
About this hearing from God. Imagine how empty everyone's faith would be if they knew for a fact God existed because he openly flaunted his power and spoke to everyone consciously. If you've read the bible, whenever Jesus would perform personal miracles he would ask the person not to go around talking about what had happened. Of course the person did. He wants the peoples' faith in him to be pure. Not motivated.
It's like a choice between loving your child so he'll love you, or buying your child gifts so he'll love you.
Whether there are other intelligent races throughout the universe or not. Wouldn't it be wise not to mention them for fear we would become jealous of the entity's love for them. What if we did have faith in an entity but discovered that another race was in much better shape than us? Naturally we'd be envious. It'd raise yet another "why" on our list of questions. Questioning shows a lack of faith.
Next, I don't think you have the knowledge to say ALL of us are going to hell. You don't know every last person on Earth, much less the universe.
About our lack of "miracle-men." How long do you think a society YOU'VE created would stay pure if it was constantly hammered with evil over and over and over and over. It all comes down to the fact that if there's rot it will spread.
We're less than nothing compared to any supreme being, if one exists. Wouldn't the intelligent thing to do be to make everything simple enough to be explained with "simple science."
Note : I am in NO WAY stating that I am better than anyone. Nor am I stating I'm not going to hell or anything. This is all just rationalization reinforced with a little logic.
There's a father sitting in his measly apartment with the TV on. He's sitting on the sofa and sees that his child sits on the floor with his toys, paying no attention to him.
It's late, the door is open, and the hallway, void of lights, appears ominous to the child. He glances nervously towards the door, notifying his father of the dangers and fear that consume him, but the father doesn't respond.
This can be seen as cruel, but keep reading.
Eventually, the fear becomes too much for the child. He once again asks why his father refuses to shut the door. The father responds that the child has nothing to fear, and gestures for him to come sit up on his lap where it's safe. The child climbs up into his father's lap, but can't help but keep glancing towards the door. He can still feel the fear and the danger. The father could set the child's mind at ease and close the door, but he knows exactly what that would mean. The child would once again crawl down onto the floor, paying no attention to him.
The father refuses to shut the door because he wants so much to be the child's safe haven. I hope I didn't confuse anyone.
About this hearing from God. Imagine how empty everyone's faith would be if they knew for a fact God existed because he openly flaunted his power and spoke to everyone consciously. If you've read the bible, whenever Jesus would perform personal miracles he would ask the person not to go around talking about what had happened. Of course the person did. He wants the peoples' faith in him to be pure. Not motivated.
It's like a choice between loving your child so he'll love you, or buying your child gifts so he'll love you.
Whether there are other intelligent races throughout the universe or not. Wouldn't it be wise not to mention them for fear we would become jealous of the entity's love for them. What if we did have faith in an entity but discovered that another race was in much better shape than us? Naturally we'd be envious. It'd raise yet another "why" on our list of questions. Questioning shows a lack of faith.
Next, I don't think you have the knowledge to say ALL of us are going to hell. You don't know every last person on Earth, much less the universe.
About our lack of "miracle-men." How long do you think a society YOU'VE created would stay pure if it was constantly hammered with evil over and over and over and over. It all comes down to the fact that if there's rot it will spread.
We're less than nothing compared to any supreme being, if one exists. Wouldn't the intelligent thing to do be to make everything simple enough to be explained with "simple science."
Note : I am in NO WAY stating that I am better than anyone. Nor am I stating I'm not going to hell or anything. This is all just rationalization reinforced with a little logic.