Does this make sense to anyone - except Christians, of course. He creates man and woman with the ability to "sin", then they do, then they are punished for it. He allows them to be born into countries where they will never hear of a Savior named Jesus, so they will be punished eternally for this also. Is this Loving and Divine? I know what the apostle Paul said about looking at creation to prove the existence of God, but it doesn't (or at least not that there is a savior) -- there is no one who can categorically prove or disprove whether a God exists. But if one did, would they be at this low level of consciousness so as to act capriciously, vindictively and sadistically? Beliefs only serve to separate and divide humanity, cause wars and all sorts of suffering. If sin causes suffering, would organized beliefs be one of them? Thomas Paine's "The Age of Reason" does a very effective critique on all this. What true God would kill and destroy its own creation because of a temper tantrum?
2007-11-18
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