Is god is a prankster?

Question

Do its adherents [creationists] imagine that God is a cosmic hoaxer who has created that whole vast fossil record for the sole purpose of misleading mankind? (Arthur C. Clarke, essay, "Presidents, Experts, and Asteroids," June 1998)

Answer 1

I could go for prankster if when we atheists die we are met at the gates by St Peter who laughs and says "Got ya!" Unfortunately, it appears from christians here that they expect us to be damned to hell for using our minds. What kind of evil entity would allow all of the physical evidence to point away from creation, give us minds and curiosity, which cause us to explore this world, and then damn us to hell for it. Think about this, believers.

Answer 2

First of all Ucsc my theory is that you don't make no sense you need to change your diaper well and you live in a garbage can and everytime you go to library to use the computer they close in 15 minutes i wonder why? Because you stank so Theory=Proven lol. Good Luck with that. Second of All there is no such thing as a christian God he was God before we turned christians he didn't suddenly exist when we became christians believe or not he was still God. What would be the point of God messing with our heads? lol. What do dinosaurs got to do what a test of faith? What if there were dinosaurs there wasn't God or something lol. You is funny. Your next question should be why am I so funny but write it on a program on your computer so we don't have to see and guess what you can answer it all by yourself. No God is not a prankster why would someone saving us be pulling jokes on us? So if you got real sick and was about to die why would I be injecting your body with camel urine is that a way to save someone? Third of all watch your mouth God has nothing to do with evil and you sure know nothing or you wouldn't be asking questions? Thats for when next time your sure about something you should probably keep it to yourself. What else are you sure of I know it ain't your Edumacation. Get Real wit it foo Peace. Good Luck!

Answer 3

The creation story and almost the entire Bible are allegorical and the myths of the slain god are echoed through many cultures throughout history. It's like the 3 degree kelvin background radiation. The story is to big for a small tribe to be the only focus. If other civilizations on other worlds exist (probable) then they will have their slain god legends as well, or some form of wisdom that has the same principles. These aren't just my personal views this is what Gnostics have believed since before the birth of Christ.


Blessed Be!

Answer 4

While Arthur C. Clarke is someone for whom I hold the utmost respect; and also view God as having a sense of and being able to evaluate humor ... I don't believe that the fossil record would be some hoax in the name of playing a joke on humanity.

Answer 5

A prankster, no... But I do believe He has a sense of humor. Look at the duck-billed platypus!

The fossil record was created during Noah's Flood. Carbon dating is screwed up. I learned about this years ago, I'll *try* to find online links to back up what I just said... but its late.. I'm sleeping soon.

Answer 6

What would I expect to find as proof today for Noah's ark? I would expect that there would be a layer of dead animals and plants around the whole world. What do we find but a worldwide fossil record, of dead animals and plants which were buried very quickly. Sounds like evidence to me

Answer 7

Do its adherents [creationists] imagine that God is a cosmic hoaxer who has created that whole vast fossil record for the sole purpose of misleading mankind?

No, rather God to whom all of his works are known from the beginning used the world wide flood for purposes other than just wiping the slate clean and starting all over again with mankind.

Huge deposits of fossil fuels like coal and oil have served to ease the burden of the curse on this fallen world. God also uses fossils to test mankind to see if we will still follow after the sin of Adam and Eve listening to the lies of the Devil and becoming wise in our own eyes denying the eternal truths of God.

But God is merciful. He provides enough evidence in the fossil record such as fossilized trees standing upright through what scientists classify as "millions of years of deposited soil layers" and in what we can see and know about life today so that those who seek after truth and who do not exclude what God has to say in their search can overcome the Tempter.

Irreducible Complexity

Michael Behe has upset the comfort of the Darwinists by highlighting a design attribute that he terms "irreducible complexity." Consider, as an example, the familiar household mousetrap in figure 2.

This simple device consists of five essential parts: (1) a platform which holds (2) a hammer driven by (3) a spring when restrained by (4) a holding bar until released by (5) a catch. This basic design has defied attempts to simplify it further, or to reduce its complexity. The significant feature is that with only four of the five parts one cannot catch 4/5ths as many mice! Its function depends on each of its essential elements, each of which involve substantial precision in their specification. "Natural selection" cannot operate until there is something to select from.

Behe then presents an example of "irreducible complexity" from nature by reviewing the tiny motor that powers the flagellum, which propels a bacterium through the water:

Figure 3: This tiny mechanism, positioned to penetrate the bacterium's protective outer membrane, consists of over 40 parts - each of which are essential to its functioning. Figure 4 presents a functional equivalent: with any of its 40 parts missing, this mechanism would not be functional and would be a casualty in the processes of "natural selection" postulated by the Darwinists. The bacterium, dependent upon its locomotion, would be likewise.

So how did it come about? All the Darwinists can do is assert rather than explain.

The Miniature City

Darwinists love to postulate the "simple cell." With the advent of modern microbiology, we now know "there ain't any such thing." Even the simplest cell is complex beyond our imagining.

As Michael Denton has pointed out, "Although the tiniest bacterial cells are incredibly small, each is in effect a veritable microminiaturized factory containing thousands of exquisitely designed pieces of intricate molecular machinery, made up of 100,000,000,000 atoms, far more complicated than any machine built by man and absolutely without parallel in the nonliving world."4

The "simple cell" turns out to be a miniaturized city of unparalleled complexity and adaptive design, including automated assembly plants and processing units featuring robot machines (protein molecules with as many as 3,000 atoms each in three-dimensional configurations) manufacturing hundreds of thousands of specific types of products. The system design exploits artificial languages and decoding systems, memory banks for information storage, elegant control systems regulating the automated assembly of components, error correction techniques and proofreading devices for quality control.

All by chance? All without a Designer? (How do you define "absurd?")

Answer 8

No...

http://www.allabouttruth.org/is-the-bible-true-c-2.htm

I am not a creationist, but I don't think God is a prankster.


http://www.existence-of-god.com/existence-of-god.html

Answer 9

God is a mixer, yes. If you don't believe me READ THE BIBLE, as the Christians love to say.

Answer 10

Yes.