Hi Adam.
Thanx for your response. I really enjoy reading what you wrote as I am always happy to listen what others can say about my points of view as well as what are their point of view. I don’t want to go into boring polemics “I am right – you wrong “ as this is not the point. So I will allow myself just a few more words to comment your respond.
I have to admit you hooked up on my little deception about reading the Bible. I assuming you are an expert in Bible knowledge, but I am not sure if your arguments are based on the Bible foundation as an authority? Or on common sense? And logic? or Science? Why? Because for me Bible is not a authority – say I do not consider it a letter from God exactly, therefor I can not discuss, in the Jw style,- but Bible Says….. or Jesus says… and so on… So to be clear I can not ignore Bible in aspect of a sociological, practical book of conduct, and respond to a human spiritual needs… Let me ask you do you think humans can exist without spiritual needs, having that unfortunate brainy part developed called Cortex? Now having said this, I can compare Bible to nothing more than Greek Myths, written by brainy humans at that time.. However as they say every myth has been inspired partially by some real stories. Therefore apart from the fairy tales in the Bibles, there are many sociological analisys of human nature, in response to our spiritual needs in everyday life or everyday life itself. So having said that I say that I can say that Bible’s God and Christ, it is a personification of Israelites, the nation needs etc. Therefore Jehowah from The Bible is Israelites personification – he is only truly God, he is with us, he kills our enemy etc.. Same as for Muslims Allah. Therefore for me such approach is illogical, and unacceptable.
So having said that:
- Based on Creation stand, YHWH, or Jehowah, could - realistically expect people “to be fruitful on Earth, enjoy live, and use it wisely. Therefore He no need and not expect people to kiss his ass, feel guilty all life. Why would the engineer who designed people would expect them to kiss His ass? Jehowah giving a faith to belive in Jesus??? Hm I agree that each of us either learn, and willing to study, or being ignorant, so it is come from us, our mind our faith and belives, I don’t think Jehowah grant anyone a special light and treatment as GB usurping in order to control and manipulate.
- You said “For two, God's command not to eat the fruit has a fundamental problem with the story: how did Eve KNOW it was a good idea to obey Jehovah's instructions, when Eve desired to eat the fruit which promised to GRANT her wisdom after she ate it? In your statement you use word “obey” and it is typical word for a religious stand. Obey or sin… etc. From my approach considering that there is an engineer who designed human, it would not be obey or sin problem, but since Let say God privilliged humans with Cortex, perhaps he wanted to know how people will deal with the greed issue (not a sin issue). For me it is typical greed issue, you have everything you need, except one you can not have, and you desire more you desire that one – pure greed. And greed indeed are the worst evil motivating human existence… Therefore if I am an engineer who design humans as a supreme species with Cortex , I would test their motives and attitude, since we are having a free will to choose – Cortex. Therefore I don’t see paradox in the story of Adam and Eve.
- Now this statement is really a shocker for me Adam - conditions on the Planet are actually improving over the past centuries, not getting worse. Therefore I will not comment on it. As for the cancer – I have a first hand sources – and would recommend cancerreaserch.uk. or cancerresearch.org etc for you to check. Agree – scientist are more successful in threatening cancer, also more successful in diagnosing it, but at the same time the rate of people getting cancer is alarming..
- And finally what is lottery? It is picking numbers at random. So is creation a lottery or evolution? Evolution is a random mixes of gases, turned into atoms, formed then randomly cels, proteins, organs, variety of life etc. Sounds like a lottery to me. I will bring JW and maybe others examples… if I dismantle my laptop now to small bits, put it into the jar and start mixing – it want be build at random, therefore human body, each cell, each organ is far more complicated then anything scientist being able to design. SO I say it is not random. I say perhaps it is being designed by scientist YHWH. Perhaps He is and Alien etc.. But the World is function on Balance, Equilibrium, therefor if there is God, it is not cruel. It is cruel in the people imagination.. Because God described in the Bible by Israelites or any other God is nothing more then personification of our cruel nature! Sad but true…
Sorry for long reply. Promise no more..