So to you, religions are not supposed to focus on morality. I do not agree as morality is what they try to sell when selling their immoral creeds and tenets. I do agree that many follow immoral gods without caring at all that he is more like a Satan than a god. Regards DL
True and thus Christianity made god a guy in the sky instead of the reality that you are the only god you can ever find. I do not agree with your--- "The inner self is natural therefore it is morally neutral." The inner self, our instincts, defaults to the moral good and not to an amoral or neutral position. Regards DL
I can see where some might think that but The Bronze Age is viewed by most that I have read on this, and the creations of weapons powerful enough to use man against mans as the deciding force in wanting the gods of war. Only at that time did we start to built fortified cities. Grain storage may have been just one more contributing factor. Regards DL
Absolutely, but with the caveat of knowing that the evil ones are as they are because all those around them helped in their creation. Murderers are made. They are not born that way. An eye for an eye is overkill. Regards DL
YOu'r on the right track that eye for an eye is overkill... but God created humans to behave exactly the way they do so nobody deserves punishment... an i humbly tell you that my moral beliefs leave you'rs in the dust.!!! Why does "ignoring the poor morals of most gods, like Yahweh and Allah" deserve punishment of a ride in hell.???
Or: ..."and god created man in god's own image" and man wholly incapable of understand or comprehending god created gods in man's own image. (as some sort of approximation?)
"I believe... I, Believe." My mind says this about life. Theres life in faith. And Know the fallen. Both my creation.
There is no such thing as hell. So says my favority Bishop. You are correct that a good god would not punish us for being and doing what he as a creator god would have put into us. That supernatural god, of course, does not exist. Nature is our creator and not some guy in the sky. I am please that you se you morals as superior to mine as I have a hard time getting believers to talk of morals. They are not good at it and that is why they follow immoral gods like Yahweh and Allah. Which particular moral tenet of mine do you find inferior to yours? Who is your god? Regards DL
Yes there is. Humanity has been stagnating with their immoral demiurges for a long time now and I do not see any new gods stepping up to challenge the old ones. Except for Gnostic Christians of course as that is what we do. Regards DL
If a god created man, he did less of a job than nature does. It is demonstrable that nature creates for the best possible end yet god does not as he says that most of us will end on the wide road to hell instead of the narrow path to heaven. God, if he were to exist, would have to be seen as incompetent as well as immoral. Regards DL
I do not find it inconceivable that nature is a part of god. (and, we don't really understand all of nature yet) (important step?)
