The point is this. Not believing in God, we have seen , you do not think yourself to be God's creature. And not believing in God you do not think the universe has been created by God. That is to say, you think of yourself and the world as just being there. Now if you actually are God's creature, then your present attitude is very unfair to Him. In that case it is even an insult to Him. And having insulted God, His displeasure rests upon you. God and you are not on "speaking terms." And you have very good reasons for trying to prove that He does not exist. If He does exist, He will punish you for your disregard of Him. You are therefore wearing colored glasses. And this determines everything you say about the facts and reasons for not believing in Him. You have had your picnics and hunting parties there without asking His permission. You have taken the grapes of God's vineyard without paying Him any rent and you have insulted His representatives who asked you for it.
Damn, those rosy-coloured glasses that are fused with my eye sockets are making it so tough to see the "Truth"! Goshdarn it to heck! If God is so incredibly & omnipotent & stuff, then where the hell is he? Which God are we talking about here, anyway? The tribal God of the Christians? Jehovah? (He's an entirely different kettle of fish, THAT God, go to Watchtower.org and you'll see what I mean)...Allah? Buddha? Are you going to tell me that there is only one True Religion next? Just like EVERY OTHER RELIGIOUS PERSON? Are you beginning to understand why I "doubt"?
I am an extremely open-minded person. In fact, I'm even a little bit gullible. If you can give me objective, repeatable scientific evidence for the existence of "God" and perhaps even "Satan" (Jesus is another story, he was probably all hype, but if those things in the New Testament are what he said, then I figure he was a decent kinda guy at least), then I WILL believe in him, without a problem.
But no one can give me this evidence, and no one ever will, purely because he doesn't exist, and I have to instead use that suspicious device called "faith" in order to believe in him. I would, in effect, be pulling the wool over my own eyes, instead of having someone else program it into me.
Oh, BTW, your God is a very nasty kinda guy. Hope you know this. People hate that Manson guy because he was a serial killer - your God is the Ultimate mass murderer. He has killed more people than anyone else, ever. That sure is comforting. Oh, and he's a "God of love". Evidently, somebody here has their wires crossed or something.
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