Manored said, "... it merely has to be a supreme being..."
Why does it have to be a supreme being? Maybe our scientist are right with their Big Bang Theory, and evolution form the simplest to the more complex. Perhaps the rules of the universe evolved as the planets and life evolved.
Or, the answer might be buried in the idea of infinity. Even Einstein commented on infinity being never ending AND never beginning. I don't understand infinity, but maybe the universe always existed in some form without any help from a god.
Majic
Ahh. But surely it would be aware that it was being revered as a respectable creator, with all the crap that goes around on the internet. (And yes, god would have the internet). And, going with the fair assumption that it knows, I don't see how else you would characterize it, other than cowardly.
This is not even getting into whether or not we were created by it.
Good, manored.
Why are we using the word 'evil' here? Doesn't it imply that it is of the devil? I must assume that the people who are discussing it are conditioned by Christianity and still believe that Hell and the devil exist.
Majic
anyway the devil and hell are nice to make jokes and vile comparsions, so lets keep the meaning of the words
I actually wanted to mean greater or different enough from us to not understand us, just expressed myself badly
What if he was uncapable of, for example, understanding our language, just like we know ants communicate trading smells even thought we cant understand what they are saying and not even fell those smells?
When does nasty become evil..or is it all degrees of evil ? my nasty cold nearly killed me ..:rolleyes:
Well, then it would make sense to define the word god. Although that would be next to impossible, I've seen the definition fall into a couple main categories. One looks at god as a humanoid creature who created us in turn. The other espouses this ethereal nexus-like energy...very difficult to pin down.
But, if it is the latter, then I don't see the point in even talking about it, much less mentally masturbating over it. Now, if it is some being having an identifiable appearance/motivation, then why would we assume it is too stupid to understand written language?
I think one's intermediate goal would be to decide how one defines god before one assigns a value or merit to it. It's too easy to bounce back and forth between one's own doubts, like a tennis ball. In that case, one may find that it would be time to get serious about one's position, maybe.
Anything antagonistic to life is evil, nasty, wrong,...... Anti-life. It is my belief if we are mentally, physically and universally hitting on all cylinders, a virus wouldn't stand a chance against our immune system. I think you could eat razor blades and pass ball bearings. Ha.
Of course we are not mentally, physically or universally there yet and we have to get through this "evil" thing and it just matters how much hell we can stand before we decide to get rid of that which caused the evil. We have to get to the root, and medicine just enables us to survive. Once we kill the root, then we begin to live.
Good luck in getting rid of that evil:devilish: little cold you have. Ha.
William
Imagine that your thoughts are spears and spear the cold into submission! Usually works for me on many problems of my life
If you could bottle that cure youde be a millionaire..ive tried the mind over matter bit when young, all it gave me was a headache..
