Thread: The non-thinking that is Religion.
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Old 15th November 2007, 12:37 AM   #706 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Thee Alex View Post
'God' 'himself' demands (via 'his' holy books) that we worship 'him'....it's surely a little counter productive to be utterly undetectable if you're desiring Universal Rule.

We've already pretty much proved in this thread that 'god' can't be found in the religious texts of 'his' religions....and they're the prime source of 'god' gossip! If 'he's' not there, where is 'he'? And furthermore, why should we care?
I'll try and set out a decent response to your previous post in a minute but this one will be quicker.

I haven't been trying to argue the case for any particular religion, I'll leave that for someone with more in depth knowledge or one particular religion.

I would say it's entirely possible for all organized religion to based on false-hoods and yet there still be a God. There is nothing in my opinion about God that says he necessarily has to make his presence known. And there is certainly nothing in the nature of a supreme being that would require books to written about it to ensure it's existence.

I would distance my arguments for the existence of God from organized religions and certainly would not try to use any particular religion as a proof for God's existence. I think this distance more or less negates the point you made about demands of worship via holy books. Also, I'm not going to try and say that there is necessarily anything "productive" about any God that may exist. Is it necessary that we have a purpose in our life? Is it necessary that we are productive? I would answer no to this question and would consequently say that there is no necessity for a God to be productive or have any particular goal either.

I think one reason there might not actually be a 'correct' conclusion to our discussion is because we're both talking about slightly different things. I get the feeling you're more focused on pointing out the absurdity of religion, where I'm aiming my points more at proving it is completely POSSIBLE for there to be a God. A point which I'm pretty sure you wouldn't contest. No?
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