TS - amaizingly enough, I think you are very near the Truth here....
On Mar 31, 8:23 am, the taoist shaman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
