Comments on: Why didn’t Eve mother the Son of God? http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/05/01/why-didnt-eve-mother-the-son-of-god/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:33:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: grumpypilgrim http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/05/01/why-didnt-eve-mother-the-son-of-god/#comment-18082 grumpypilgrim Tue, 06 May 2008 00:05:11 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2527#comment-18082 Erika nicely summarizes my trouble with so many of the world's religions: why must we jump through so many of His hoops? I just don't get why so many religious believers point to atheism and call it an empty, meaningless belief system, while at the same time declaring their allegiance to a religion in which humans are nothing more than characters in some invisible deity's Nintendo game, as if that somehow infuses their existence with profound worth. I just shake my head. Erika nicely summarizes my trouble with so many of the world’s religions: why must we jump through so many of His hoops? I just don’t get why so many religious believers point to atheism and call it an empty, meaningless belief system, while at the same time declaring their allegiance to a religion in which humans are nothing more than characters in some invisible deity’s Nintendo game, as if that somehow infuses their existence with profound worth. I just shake my head.

]]> By: Erika Price http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/05/01/why-didnt-eve-mother-the-son-of-god/#comment-18076 Erika Price Mon, 05 May 2008 16:01:22 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2527#comment-18076 I agree with you, grumpy. If we interpret the bible literally, as many believers in it do, God comes across as a moody, petty, selfish simpleton. When we consider this god's supposed all-knowing-ness, exercises such as the Tree of Knowledge, the Flood, the Ten Commandments, and even the Apocalypse seem like useless theatrics. Why doesn't the god-of-the-bible fast-forward us to Christ's reign on earth? Why can't he make the lion lie down with the lamb <i>now</i>? If God has the power and the knowledge that Christianity claims he does, and if he also loves us dearly, why must we jump through so many of His hoops? I agree with you, grumpy. If we interpret the bible literally, as many believers in it do, God comes across as a moody, petty, selfish simpleton. When we consider this god’s supposed all-knowing-ness, exercises such as the Tree of Knowledge, the Flood, the Ten Commandments, and even the Apocalypse seem like useless theatrics.

Why doesn’t the god-of-the-bible fast-forward us to Christ’s reign on earth? Why can’t he make the lion lie down with the lamb now? If God has the power and the knowledge that Christianity claims he does, and if he also loves us dearly, why must we jump through so many of His hoops?

]]> By: grumpypilgrim http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/05/01/why-didnt-eve-mother-the-son-of-god/#comment-18038 grumpypilgrim Fri, 02 May 2008 23:45:04 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2527#comment-18038 "Oh, c’mon; what’s a measly 4000 years?" A valid question, assuming the god-of-the-Bible is an eternal being and would, presumably, consider four millenia an insignificant epoch. Still, all those humans who died during those millenia might have appreciated having a messiah to forgive them for their sins and save them from eternal damnation. Also, and more importantly, most humans respond better when correction is proximate to the infraction, not if it appears several millenia after the fact. Unfortunately, the god-of-the-Bible apparently slept through that lecture in psych class, the result being that sin is (according to all the evangelists I've heard) widespread throughout human society. Had the god-of-the-Bible been more prompt in addressing the sin problem -- for example, right there in Eden -- maybe the human race wouldn't have all the sin it reportedly has today. “Oh, c’mon; what’s a measly 4000 years?”

A valid question, assuming the god-of-the-Bible is an eternal being and would, presumably, consider four millenia an insignificant epoch. Still, all those humans who died during those millenia might have appreciated having a messiah to forgive them for their sins and save them from eternal damnation. Also, and more importantly, most humans respond better when correction is proximate to the infraction, not if it appears several millenia after the fact. Unfortunately, the god-of-the-Bible apparently slept through that lecture in psych class, the result being that sin is (according to all the evangelists I’ve heard) widespread throughout human society. Had the god-of-the-Bible been more prompt in addressing the sin problem — for example, right there in Eden — maybe the human race wouldn’t have all the sin it reportedly has today.

]]> By: Skblllzzzz http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/05/01/why-didnt-eve-mother-the-son-of-god/#comment-18017 Skblllzzzz Fri, 02 May 2008 03:46:39 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2527#comment-18017 Oh, c'mon; what's a measly 4000 years? Oh, c’mon; what’s a measly 4000 years?

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