Why did God create man with the intelligence and curiousity to poke around and try to figure out how the world works? And for that matter, why did he create the world in such a way that its underlying principles could be unravelled? We know a fair bit about the building blocks of matter, universal constants, DNA coding, etc. Not everything, of course, but if there was a God who didn't like us peeking behind the curtain, why leave all this information out in the open?
2007-12-12 03:38:17 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain."
2007-12-12 03:41:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 3⤋
I never got the idea that God doesn't like us 'peeking behind the curtain'. That's why in the image and likeness we have free-will and curiosity and imagination and intelligence. What we do with it is up to us.
"Things" out here in this dimension are illusory at best. Don't get me wrong, well, get me wrong, I don't care. What I'm saying is that trying to prove God by this material world won't ever work. Solids aren't really solid they are molecules moving slowly - so there is this illusion of solidity, for example. Science is not exact nor immovable, it is constantly changing and rearranging based on bits and pieces it gets and it admits to the gaps. Einstein admitted the whole thing doesn't work without God.
Again with the why. Back to frog dissection. Froggy doesn't work this way. God isn't an he or she or even an it. I like the way Aristotle is credited with saying something close to this:
The center of God is everything man has or will thought and the outer edges of God is beyond anything man has or ever will think. But that is just my opinion.
Personally I like to tuck myself away in the armpit of God (I weave a hammock with the hair and rest comfortably and safely in my secret hidey-hole). This grosses out some of my fundie friends, but some get the bigger meaning too. No God never has obnoxious body odor. :)
Budweiser said it best a long while ago: Why ask why...
The answer is always Because.... and we can fill pages with all our answers and we will all be touching a part of the elephant just like the blind men, and we will all have a part of the big picture. But I'm pretty sure that isn't what you're after here. To me 2pts are 2 pts and I got 'em! BIG GRIN
2007-12-12 12:19:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there is an omnipotent God, then it logically follows that any truth would be God's truth.
When science said that the universe was static and unchanging, the Bible said that God had created the heavens and spread them out. And then much later, science discovered that the universe came to be in one specific moment, and that it is spreading outward.
Science and religion are not at odds. Science is merely one way of discovering God's truth.
If you could know everything that there is to be known, scientifically, you'd still not have enough information to prove the existence or non-existence of God. Science is merely a tool; it is the wrong tool to quantify God.
Why leave these things "out in the open?" The only logical reason is that we're called to explore, to learn, to question, to evaluate the natural world around us.
2007-12-12 11:55:25 · answer #3 · answered by The Former Dr. Bob 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Here is my honest opinion about the whole shabang....
There could very well be a "higher power" out there. As for everything else we as a society were led to believe about god,jesus,heaven,hell, and pretty much everything else in the bible, are simply ways to keep society in line. An international "hall monitor" per say. We do something wrong-here is teh consequence.we do something right-heres your reward.
Now I dont exactly know what category I fall into when it comes to atheist, agnostic, etc. but I do know that when we die, we become part of the earth. Which most most likely "created" by a "big bang", NOT a "big guy"
I dont even think I answered ur question. ummmm
I dont know.
2007-12-12 11:49:44 · answer #4 · answered by Brian S 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not all Christians are "afraid" of science. In fact, the rise of modern science took place within a Christian culture - and it sure looks like the attitude toward both faith and science was positive. Kepler spoke of 'thinking God's thoughts after him'. Newton hoped that his famous 'Principia' would 'persuade thinking men to believe in a deity' - and those are two of an abundace of examples from the past and present.
Much as you disagree, there are a lot of scientists from all disiplines who thnk that God DOES want us to "peek behind the curtain" - because we find Him there.
and since confusing the issue with facts seems to be rather unpopular here - let the Thumbs Down Parade begin . . .
2007-12-12 11:53:40 · answer #5 · answered by Marji 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
fundies do god a great disservice by sticking to that ludicrous "holy book" to find the nature of god.What we have unveiled as to creation is far more awesome than their asinine creation myths.If there is a god,he would spit in their faces(I would)How dare they INSULT a god of TRUTH by maintaining patently ridiculous ideas put forth by goat herders.If I was god,I'd "stupid slap"those silly fundies and their silly bible.Their ignorance brings NO ONE to god,nor does it help to grasp the true nature of god,should one exist.Their blatant lies,willful ignorance is why people turn away.If there is a god,science tells us how it was done,in a much more MAGNIFICENT manner than the clay man stories.How do you make a man?First you must start a universe silly,let it cook for several billion years,get some heavy elements formed,have a rocky planet form in a habitable zone.Start with some self replicating molecules,cook a few billion more years,and VOILA!That is fugging AWESOME.Yet the fundies INSULT such a creator with their lame stories of a clay man.How tame.My god can run circles around theirs
2007-12-12 12:02:58 · answer #6 · answered by reporters should die 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What if we're wrong? Then we have to consider what is "right?" What if you were supposed to worship Horus but you worshiped Jesus instead? Wouldn't Horus punish you were eternity for denying him over an impostor? What if God is Zeus or any of the other thousands of other possible Gods invented by man? If you worship one God, each day for the rest of your life, you might not piss off the real God in the process. This is why Pascal was wrong. If Atheism is wrong then we have to know what is right in order to even consider an alternative. Your answer is no more right than anyone elses...
2007-12-12 11:43:18 · answer #7 · answered by clint 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Who told you God didn't like us "peeking around the curtain.?" Human intelligence is necessary for human existence (can you imaging having no intelligence?) The thing we need to be very careful about is comparing human intelligence to God's. That's the supremely uneven match.
2007-12-12 11:46:15 · answer #8 · answered by joseph8638 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Exactly. How can we be considered to 'play god' (messing with dna whatnot), if god made the world in such a way that it is possible to 'play god'.
2007-12-12 11:42:08 · answer #9 · answered by Menon R 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
'Curiosity killed the cat?' or is curiosity the child of discovery?
Faith in a God also allows you that, the right to ask questions when in doubt.you know.
If you were the creator, would you want your children to not be thrilled by discoveries?
Blind faith coupled with violence was never intended by any creator, that's my belief.
Regards, pat.
2007-12-12 12:01:15 · answer #10 · answered by Pat 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For those who believe it God I think they know that God gave humanity free will and that's why He allows for this type of thing.
Personally I'm not concerned with God...in fact I believe some would call me atheist.
2007-12-12 11:52:58 · answer #11 · answered by JD 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋