Posted by:
melissa3839
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Date: December 03, 2010 06:09AM
Well, the reason I still believe in God (just not Mormonism) is because I am totally convinced that every human who took part in writing religious stories was just that-- a human. Although I think part of them was divinely inspired, I also understand that every founder of a religion has something to gain in founding it-- fame and power. So even if the spirit told them to write the story a certain way, they are still going to add their own perspective and interpretations, in their own interests.
I think god is real, and I think Jesus, even as a man, knew a hell of a lot about the secrets of the universe. He just couldn't relate it to those people. But that's where my beliefs end.
The rest in all the religious books was all a mixture of historical records and man-made tales. People were stupid back when the original stories were written. They didn't even know the world was round, or that the sun was the center of the solar system, or that there were galaxies and universes.
Even if they were divinely inspired, they had absolutely NO WAY of relating that to us. They didn't even have words for universe or planets or galaxies back then. How can they write about them? Even if they SAW it all in a vision, how could they explain it in such a way that people back then could understand?
The seas boiled and the skies fell?
Sounds like a Solar flare like the one in the movie "Knowing", or asteroids.
"I saw something like a giant mountain on fire"-- see above.
"Like the sun at night"-- a bomb? Asteroid?
Other than phrases like that, how could they explain it? It would be like trying to explain to a room full of people who only see in black and white what the color red looks like.
Just because stupid people thousands of years ago didn't know how to explain what they saw, doesn't mean god isn't real. And just because there is a scientific explanation for things, doesn't mean he's not real. We humans are harnessing the power of natural resources. Maybe god is just someone who is so advanced, he has mastered the manipulation of things involving string theory. And that saying "In my father's house, there are many mansions", well, that could count as other galaxies, parallel universes, etc.
Even if Jesus knew all this, there was still no way he could make people back then understand. Maybe if he were born today, WE could understand better. But there are probably still things that even our most intelligent scientists could never comprehend.
I know what string theory is, and I have heard all the arguments on evolution. But like I said, for me, it does not disprove god. All it proves to me, is that people in the past were too lazy and stupid to write out the endless history of the world.
And don't forget-- We ourselves have glorified a lot of the stories, in ways that the original writers never intended. We made Jesus out to be this blond-haired, blue-eyed European (because our ignorant, prejudice ancestors didn't want to think anything different). When really, he probably looked like most modern Egyptians look.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 12/03/2010 06:18AM by melissa3839.