2007-02-03 13:22:49 · 19 answers · asked by doofoolio 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Strong case for the delusion argument....consider this:
Fact: the human race has been around for hundreds of thousands of years.
Fact: the concepts of an afterlife, of gods, spirits, etc. have only been around for a few millenia.
Fact: these concepts were invented and promulgated by ignorant barbarians as an attempt to explain the world around them, before there was a such thing as science or epistemology.
Fact: most of the books of the bible were written by people who were never there, as second- or third-hand accounts decades or even centuries after the events they claim to tell about.
Fact: the books of the bible have been heavily edited over the centuries, with passages or even whole books being re-written or omitted to fit the theological and political climates of the time.
Fact: the books of the bible have also been subject to extensive errors, misinterpretations, and differences of opinion in interpretation as they are translated from one language to another and from that to yet another language.
Knowing all this, how can ANY religion be viewed as anything BUT the invention of men? I know this may not be what some of the answerers above want to hear, and I doubt I'll do much harm to their faith; faith is remarkably impervious to reason. Your sarcasim is a refreshing sign of the changing times.
2007-02-03 18:15:56 · answer #1 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to Qabala (or Kabballah), which is Jewish mysticism, God emerged from Ain (Hebrew for No-thing). Ain is unknowable since there is no entity in our experience to which it can be compared. Scientifically, however, one might consider Ain to be the naked singularity from which theoretically the Cosmos erupted (the "Big Bang"). God qabalistically is Original Consciousness who preceded Creation and was thus the perpetrator of the Universe. The "Sepher Yetzirah", an ancient Hebrew manuscript, describes God's creativity as his speaking the letters of the Hebrew alphabet (the Word biblically)...
2007-02-03 21:50:13 · answer #2 · answered by Lynci 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is where i laugh at the Biologists who believe in Evolution. Your argument is you believe God was not created so that proves there is no need for a creator and evolution has a possibilty to be true. Then my argument is
#1 You say we are wrong about everything else so why this..........
#2 This is not science you have to have faith
2007-02-03 22:09:30 · answer #3 · answered by Theoretically Speaking 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is God. He is like a circle- he has no end. He also has no beginning. With no biological records nor proof of existence, God almost sounds like an online alias. But he's not. He's everything yet he is nothing. Freaky, isn't it?
2007-02-03 22:42:22 · answer #4 · answered by Yuffie K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was a church-goer I used to have this theory about where god came from....2 great "nothings" collided and created god....crazy eh?
2007-02-03 21:26:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You did when you answered that question. Its our belief that keeps god alive. I dont know were i would be without the Lord. Jesus was the God made man or man made god?
2007-02-03 21:48:19 · answer #6 · answered by matthew m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uhh, did you go to highschool you dimwit?
God was made by Super-God. Super-God was made by Mega-Ultra-God powder that Super-Ultra-Mega-God snorted. Your 9th grade teachers should be ashamed.
2007-02-03 21:50:52 · answer #7 · answered by Absent Glare 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just pick up a Bible and you will find the answers. God always existed.
2007-02-03 21:30:52 · answer #8 · answered by Arizona Brit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God created God, because He created everything.
2007-02-03 21:26:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one. The definition of God is that He is, He was, and He always will be.
2007-02-04 08:05:08 · answer #10 · answered by zymzyv 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋