How does one NOT consider God in times like this?
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Everythingg
King-Over-Kingz
Give it time brehette.. Once evil is on the doorstep, once the economy crashes and peoples true colors come out they'll be looking for "God". They wont find him though
blase_chic
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R.E.N. Spells Ren
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“He’d” probably just tell you to read up on your scriptures where there are plenty of plagues
Snoopy Loops
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The mere existence of anything naturally begets the question of a higher being.
My post was just suggesting that this pandemic would be really weak evidence, especially in light of all the notable geological and anthropological events on Earth
Serious answer is that some people are able to accept that there's a lot of randomness in the world. For example, if you are educated in Biology, you understand the incredible complexity of DNA and just how much data is stored in DNA, and it becomes obvious that sometimes when cells are copying so much DNA data, it goes wrong and causes effects like birth defects, etc.
As a result of the chaotic and random nature of our physical world, bad things sometimes happen like hurricanes and pandemics and viruses and birth defects, and not every bad thing has to be a punishment.
It's impossible to reason with people who want to find a reason behind everything. With enough imagination, you can always come up with a reason why tragedy X is a punishment for Group/Person Y doing some bad thing and it's impossible to disprove something that is in its essence imaginary.
It's also not disprovable that the physical laws of the universe were created by God, so there's no point in arguing with a theist. I'm agnostic for what it's worth. Just live a good moral life, incorporate wisdom from whatever texts you find it.
As a result of the chaotic and random nature of our physical world, bad things sometimes happen like hurricanes and pandemics and viruses and birth defects, and not every bad thing has to be a punishment.
It's impossible to reason with people who want to find a reason behind everything. With enough imagination, you can always come up with a reason why tragedy X is a punishment for Group/Person Y doing some bad thing and it's impossible to disprove something that is in its essence imaginary.
It's also not disprovable that the physical laws of the universe were created by God, so there's no point in arguing with a theist. I'm agnostic for what it's worth. Just live a good moral life, incorporate wisdom from whatever texts you find it.
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Snoopy Loops
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Give it time brehette.. Once evil is on the doorstep, once the economy crashes and peoples true colors come out they'll be looking for "God". They wont find him though
All people of earth have called upon their gods in their our distress. Lets use the Judeochristian context, when egyptians were suffering the 10 plagues, dont you think they were "looking" for Isis or Osiris or whatever. I just think your post is a mute point
blase_chic
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If I were atheist I'd have to set aside time to adequatly validate/substantiate my unbelief. I'm amazed by the no fcks given.
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u have your prayers... ill have my ventilator
Most atheists I know do that. That's why they are atheist.
blase_chic
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Why wouldn't *He*? Have you seen the deplorable state of the world lately?
Snoopy Loops
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You're just surprised that people dont have the "fear of God". My mom was heavily into church, so naturally i was indoctrinated and consequently surprised when I encountered that.
But its very easy to figure why. People pray and prayers arent answered. Someone without heavy religious indoctrination can easily validate their unbelief.
He works in mysterious ways.
