Strange...a God who could make good children as easily as bad, yet preferred to make bad ones; who made them prize their bitter life, yet stingily cut it short; mouths Golden Rules and forgiveness multiplied seventy times seven and invented Hell; who mouths morals to other people and has none himself; who frowns upon crimes yet commits them all; who created man without invitation, then tries to shuffle the responsibility for man's acts upon man, instead of honorably placing it where it belongs, upon himself; and finally with altogether divine obtuseness, invites this poor, abused slave to worship him!
2006-08-03 16:31:59 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God made us good, we chose not to be. He did not make Adam and Eve eat from the tree, He gave them free will and they took it.
2006-08-03 16:36:56 · answer #1 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see it as one man's opinion stated at one time for a reason and motive which only he and His God know about. I feel each and every individual has the right to have his own view and can if he desires express it. I likewise have the option to accept it, reject it, ignore it, or just delete it before I do read it all. For me that is the beauty of life.
I am of the opinion that each is and will be held accountable for his or her own acts or actions thus what another does should not be the concern of me. I I am of the opinion what they are doing is not correct I am required to sound an alarm which is of course based upon my opinion. Once I have done that I am free to then go on with my life having as I see it done what is requested of me to do.
I see in the article a two-fold concept that can be viewed as a serious question in ones mind or a complaint. It can be a seen as a request for better understanding or a declaration of a position at the time it was revealed. Thus I can only say that without talking to the author face to face and asking him to explain, i May in a wrong act of passing judgment be wrong and guilty of judging another.
Just a thought of a "NO"
2006-08-03 16:50:30 · answer #2 · answered by cjkeysjr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its a perfectly valid question...and Mark Twain may or may not have found his own answers. I've discovered most people who ask the same question usually begin to believe in the beauty and dangers the unrealized 'gift' of free will has given us (the tree was there for a REASON!), or perhaps they believe that without contrasts nothing is truly ever experienced or known (love and loss). Or they stay very, very angry at what they view as an apparently uncaring and hypocritical God.
Either way? It's a good question to ask.
2006-08-03 16:38:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, good old Mark Twain. OK, my take on it...
What Twain is cutting down to size isn't God, it's the illogical, unwieldy, contradictory human concept of God.
Twain, I think, is talking about the God of religion, the Biblical God, the God of myths and stories made up by people struggling to understand the Divine. That's not the real God. We don't know the real God yet, but we are, in our dull human way, aware that he exists.
2006-08-03 16:40:12 · answer #4 · answered by B D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will admit it is an interesting way to put it... logically correct, but if a radical read this they'd tell you that Mr. Twain and you were going straight to hell. Not my sentiment at all.
Literature and God have always had in interesting love-hate relationship. I think it's a very interesting way to look at the concept of God and His creation... Nice quote. Where did it come from?
2006-08-03 16:36:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mark Twain wrote approximately tons of matters. Many of his books had been autobigraphical, like Life at the Mississippi and Roughing It. Others had been fiction, like Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. He additionally wrote letters, brief reviews, and essays. His variety is most of the time mentioned to be funny and satirical. You'll discover out tons approximately him in case you seem up his title.
2016-08-28 13:00:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A SAD and Bitter man with absolutely no understanding of The God or Free Will.
2006-08-03 16:37:04 · answer #7 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mark Twain was a great wit...and like so much humor....his was based upon pain and horror and disgust.
The world is not fair. It is not just. It is ocassionally pretty...more often burtal and revolting.
A good joke goes a long way to those who can appreciate it.
2006-08-03 16:40:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The author is questioning the existence of God and the meaning of life as well as the role religion plays in our lives. I believe what it comes down to is free will - and that bad things happen to good people as well as the other way around.
2006-08-03 16:37:36 · answer #9 · answered by Mother Bear 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think, it sounds like a man who is journaling his thoughts. I almost feel like I have eavesdropped on him. I think, Mark Twain had many demons that followed him around that tormented him, because of his ability to reach the masses with his wit and humor. In his writings he tried to figure out this old wicked world.
2006-08-03 16:41:22 · answer #10 · answered by ruthie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was a bit well err wrong. he forgets to even mention that christian and Judiest belief teach that God is also Holy. and he says nothing of forgiveness, compassion. its like he took one aspect of God and only used it to make his point. again you can not take God in parts. He created us, gave us the free will and our minds to do as we see fit, Gave us the way to our salvation and allowed us to chose what we would do with it. Why create mindless drones to do your will? where is the satisfaction in that? but to make someone that can act on there own and chose for themselves how they wish to live and still have Billions following you is quite an accomplishment
2006-08-03 16:41:49 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋