Reply #14: What he said.. [View All]

[sendero]

... I'm not going to pretend to believe the unbelievable for ANYONE. And I'll tell you flat out that half of those who profess to believe, don't.

If god wants humans to behave a certain way or whatever, he can pop into the sky and tell us so. If he expects us to believe a bit of literature, written by a cast of characters, edited repeatedly by kings and tyrants, translated by people with an agenda, well - he must only want people without critical thinking skills in his "heaven". If god is going to allow his "word" to be used to justify the most heinous acts humanity has ever engaged in, genocide, slavery, you name it, well what good is he?

I'm not amused by the circular logic of "free will" and the like. I have free will and a functioning brain. I decide what is real by looking at the facts. Just the "fact" of there being an old and new testament is enough to be a problem for me. What is this, god version 2? He got it wrong the first time?

I respect the right of anyone to beleive anything they like. But there is a limit on how much of their belief I will allowed to be shoved down my throat. And I'm damn near that limit right now.