Mainstream religion considers their versions of God the First Cause. They also assign a name to that First Cause (The Lord, Allah, Jesus, Jehovah etc). To me, this is a contradictory stance and my reasons might be a little wordy (they were worldy at first but I figured I would just remove the L).
The begin, I think we have to wrap our heads around this First Cause as much as our minds are capable of. This would be a force that caused everything in existence. It's easier to fathom if this cause is non-intellegent like the Big Bang for instance.
Lets just say, for the sake of the progression of this post, that the Big Bang actually happened (lets not squabble over the Big Bang, please). If a form of intelligence caused this bang then it would imply that it's existence transcends our own and was there before the big bang (since the Big Bang caused our existence). Well, what was this intelligence doing before it created all that we know to exist within the universe. We'll never know in this life time, will we? Because so many eons of time have past since this form of intelligence started our universal ball rolling... whether that was through the Big Bang or not. The amount of power and intelligence this entity would contain is also equally unfathomable given the amount of time it would have to observe, learn and progress. Therefore this alleged First Cause Intelligent Entity should be held to a high standard, correct?
Ugh, I can feel this train of thought starting to roughen, but I will continue on.
So Mainstream Religion obviously doesn't consider the Big Bang, or however this universe was formed, the First Cause, but merely our cause. They believe that existence had been going on way before we ended up as a twinkle in God's eye. Actually, the Bible alleges that he existed for eternity before we even became that twinkle!
This doesn't make any sense, and quite frankly, I would be pissed if this God, that everyone keeps raving about, is watching me type this because he created me without the capability to fathom such concepts. Why withold it from me? Might it be that he cannot bestow such knowledge upon me? I can only see a few reasons for this:
1. He also cannot fathom the Infinity (he might have no idea where he came from) therefore we cannot fathom the Infinity
2. Humans have to learn these things for themselves and the options are limited from his end other than to watch it unfold
3. He, for whatever reason, is purposefully witholding my capacity to fathom concepts he himself can fathom
4. We were not created by intelligence therefore God doesn't exist
Sorry for my ranting, do they have Ranters Anonymous?
-Sab