[Michael]
That *you* chose to twist that into a lousy argument for or against
the existence of God is on *your* shoulders, not mine.
[Arlo]
I'm not making an argument in either direction. You said you see
evidence for god. I simply pointed out that such "evidence" rests on
very selective, decontextualized interpretation. I mean, if someone
says "There is a rainbow, see, that's proof that leprechauns exist",
how would you like me to respond? I mean, can you prove to me
leprechauns DO NOT exist? Can you ever prove a negative? Prove to me
Elvis is not alive and working as a waiter in Vegas. If you dig up
his body and show me DNA I can say its simply a ruse, a clever ploy
to plant DNA to throw seekers of the path. Eyewitnesses? They are all
lying. So... do we say "Because we can't prove Leprechauns do not
exist, we must conclude Leprechaunism is as valid as any other
explanatory narrative"?
[Michael]
The question you should be asking, and asking yourself if this
actually interests you is *why* does man do one or the other, and why
do we consistently recoil from the evil and praise the good?
[Arlo]
I don't know if history bears evidence that humans "recoil from
evil". I think it could almost be seen to embrace it. "Evil" is also
perspective. We find human sacrifice to be, for example, generally
evil. To the Maya, it was an honor to be called to travel to the
spirit world and speak for the people to the gods. But, humans do
appear to have a psychological need to feel the protection of an
external benefactor, or to feel somehow "special" in their existence.
I think these are relics of the immaturity of the species, personally.
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