Does it make any sense that God would need to be intelligent? It appears to me, that if God is intelligent, then he would be reacting to changing circumstances which are beyond his control. If God is omnipotent, then he has no reason to react to stimuli in his environment, and therefore he would not really be "intelligent". If God were intelligent, we would not have free will, and we would never be punished for misbehaving, because everything we did would be programmed to be exactly how he liked it. I'm not even going to get into the existence of God, but the "theory" of intelligent design has about as many holes as Swiss cheese... care to chime in?
2007-10-07 05:30:55 · 9 answers · asked by justin r 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Why do some people think free will is essential to god... This idea is included in this particular question... It is counter-intuitive to assume that we would be unhappy if god had programmed us not to make our own choices. The truth is, we simply would not know any difference; and, in reference to a comment on here, god would be an idiot to create and spend so much time worrying about a creation that he has always planned to destroy...
2007-10-07 07:57:09 · update #1
the trifecta of god being:
omnipotent
omniscient
all-loving (i call it omni-benevolent)
is completely incompatible with the condition of the universe and humanity. It's a bizarre development in the concept of a godhood that makes absolutely no sense to me at all.
2007-10-07 05:34:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I like to think that if God exists, he is intelligent. God would actually be very intelligent for giving us free will and punishing us for being immoral. God would be an idiot if he programed us so that every thing was the way he liked it. The way I look at it is God is all knowing and by giving us free will with a little guidance he is try to make humans more intelligent... but for some reason we can't seem to get it right.
2007-10-07 05:44:16 · answer #2 · answered by happybee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are right. If anyone takes the time to read the Bible source of the information about God, they will soon figure out that He does allow us free will. And in that free will He allows us to be creative and make choices that He has to respond to. This makes it enormously challenging for Him and totally responsible for us. Therefore we are responsible for our own decisions that have influences but not coercion. For further study on this you have to email me. I have a paper on this that I wrote.
Which would you bet on? The horses on the merry go round or at the race track?
2007-10-07 05:42:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are the Intelligent Design of the Chimp God,and made in his image. Show some respect,for crying out loud. They are fellow Primates you know.
2016-05-18 00:53:33 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whenever the religious try to attribute human characterists and personal likes/dislikes to the deity they run into conflicts with the basic nature of the deity's supposed eternal nature. Personal qualities and particularly likes/dislikes are based in our human, fallible, and mortal condition.
2007-10-07 05:36:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
“If God existed, and if He cared for humankind, He would never have given us religion.”
- Martin Amis
I agree and I love the quote above. We live with our will, WE are the captain of our fate.
Putting faith is not wanting to know what is true.
2007-10-07 05:52:19 · answer #6 · answered by Johnny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I absolutely agree with you. If God is so omnipotent, why would he need our puny, insignificant worship? What a fairy tale!
2007-10-07 05:40:59 · answer #7 · answered by shadowgirl777 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pretty stupid quote "design" unquote if you ask me personally.
2007-10-07 05:43:55 · answer #8 · answered by neuroaster 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I couldn't agree more.
Doug
2007-10-07 05:34:48 · answer #9 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋