They are pretty scary things,, our liturature can conjure up somethng better than a misanthropic petty tyrant god of Misogynist, goathering half-literates
2007-09-05 16:12:55 · 20 answers · asked by Socratic Pig 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Can't it? Can't we?
2007-09-05 16:13:24 · update #1
im sure we could create a god out of anything we want .. but we cant create THE God .. theres only one ..
2007-09-05 16:20:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
They seem good enough to get most of the world believing in them. Besides, you forget the time period that these gods were invented. Sure TODAY we can conjure up better gods than misogynists, but back in the old days a misogynist god was thought to be very good!
The good thing about people coming up with gods today is that we can actually gather evidence from today. Frequently there is no evidence for or against gods from the past, which is why the PAST gods persist.
2007-09-05 23:28:19 · answer #2 · answered by Apsalus 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I took a half an hour I could write a way better religion than any in existence. The holy books of the major religions are bizarre and don't prove any particular point. They're poorly written with glaring contradictions and purely ungodlike behavior. If we were to gather the best fiction writers of our time, I bet they could put together one reasonable religion.
2007-09-05 23:42:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your idea is excellent! And, in fact, I did just that for a book which I self-published (fiction, obviously!), inventing a character named AurL (which means Golden Light) who is Original Consciousness, having emanated from Ain (No-Thing, analogous to the naked singularity of the Big Bang Theory) and then working through scientific principles. He requires no adoration nor awe because he does not know why he is the Creator. And, he is totally benevolent, the presence of Evil in the Cosmos and our World being the result of AurL's allowing refuge in his Creation to the vile perpetrators of a creation attempt which imploded, AurL's reason for such charity being that he wished not to annihilate any sentient beings by his own incitation of a vast Universe. I personally prefer AurL to any of the entities currently represented by the terrestrial religions!
2007-09-05 23:40:34 · answer #4 · answered by Lynci 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These ''gods'' were created at a time when people knew little about our universe and the laws of science and were easily frightened. It was done this way as a means of control. We (humans) should have outgrown this by now. Maybe someday.
2007-09-05 23:23:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Are You saying in the beginning was Man & Man said lets make God in our Image?
2007-09-05 23:20:40 · answer #6 · answered by section hand 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Okay then do it ? I challenge you. And when you're done send me your Book that you wrote and I will compare it to the Quran, Or actually write just a single page like it if you can, and show me your good work.
2007-09-05 23:32:26 · answer #7 · answered by B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you mean can't we "discover" better gods than those from the Abrahamic religions. Sure we can
Haven't you subscribe to the Great FSM, with its beer volcanoes.
All hail his Noodliness, the one and only FSM
RAmen
2007-09-05 23:33:02 · answer #8 · answered by Dumbguy 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
We can't create God. God is the beginning and the end.
2007-09-05 23:25:36 · answer #9 · answered by mcw 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You should be reading Habbaka, in the OT, it touches on this very subject
People, do your homework!
2007-09-05 23:22:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋