perhaps there was a time when there was no need of prophets because virtue was inate , perhaps " the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil " opened a part of the brain that opened the eyes of man and he saw he was naked and separated from nature and there for god , god then needed to comunicate w-man through man , to bring him back to unity w-god , as we origonaly were
[email protected] wrote: > A THOUGHT + Why did God wait until we brains had already stuffed up > before he sent his prophets to help us out. > > Pehraps God did not, perhaps even the cavmen had their prohpets? > > On Mar 31, 7:07 am, malcymo <[email protected]> wrote: > > If I understand Dawkins and Dennett correctly we can probably deduce > > that previous to being convinced that Darwin had indeed developed a > > convincing explanation showing that it is possible to create sentient, > > rational beings from inanimate beginnings it was probably impossible > > for anyone to not be a theist of some sort. Now that atheism is > > rationally valid, to replace the goodness of God,it can be held that > > its creed must provide consolation and meaning to life in order to > > stave off despair without recourse to a supreme being other than the > > universe itself. That is, for the theists of the world to retain hope > > and faith in their existence. For me, I find it easy to delude myself > > that not only is religion to do with faith and hope which it fulfils > > admirably but that it is also to do with truth. Clearly a trap that I > > must avoid in order to empathise with believers. > > > > Hence my initial post - To geet a handle on some replacement for many > > years of blind faith. > > > > Thanks for your contributions. If you have any more keep them coming. > > I am all ears. > > > > A THOUGHT + Why did God wait until we brains had already stuffed up > > before he sent his prophets to help us out.
