thread: 2006-09-08 : Picky-choosy religion, 3 views
On 2006-09-12, Sydney Freedberg wrote:
Jye, "willful ignorance" I can buy—there's a perfectly plausible and reasonable argument that the material world is all that exists, I just don't happen to agree wiht it.
But "allegiance to an unelected alien power"—huh? Are you suggesting that no religion is legitimate unless its adherents get to vote on their god? That's equivalent to saying no baby should be born until it can sign an informed consent document saying it approves of the parents it's going to have. At least God gives us a choice whether we obey Him or not, whether we love Him or not: Most parents aren't so accomodating with their children.
It's not as if God is some kind of Third World despot who seized power over the universe and set aside proper electoral democracy. He made the universe. He encompasses the universe: Everything good in it is simply a sub-set of His goodness. If we held an election for Supreme Being, there'd be only one qualified candidate.
