Comments on: Death or Religion- Part 2

By: Kaye

Kaye — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:48:58 +0000

Who said the devil works for God??

By: Minnette Coleman

Minnette Coleman — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:23:04 +0000

Glad to know this has helped.

By: Prentiss gray

Prentiss gray — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:10:03 +0000

Interesting, and yet “the devil” works for god, by all accounts. Or perhaps he works for free will.

By: Kaye

Kaye — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:56:16 +0000

OK Tim, No, I don’t think I would (at least I hope I wouldn’t)and, I don’t believe that all reason is corrupt so, I don’t think I can prescribe to Monsieur Pascal’s Gambit/Wager. What I do think is that that some folk’s reasoning is corrupt. Just as I believe that some folk don’t reason at all, they just blindly follow and make very little use of their little gray cells.

Prentiss,I don’t think of God in human terms I think of God as a Spirit and I believe that the Spirit is of peace and love not of hate and evil(we have the devil for that). And, I think the Spirit is very upset with us humans as a whole and has been for a long time, Thus the scripture passage that speaks about God’s people humbling themselves (2 Chronicles 7:14, the Old Testament, which by the way I have not problem with). I firmly believe in the forces of good and the forces of evil and that we grapple with some form of evil daily.

With that, I think enough said on this subject (for now anyway). It was good and thought provoking and I enjoyed every bit of it but, it’s time for me to move on. The conversation was good. Once again, thanks Minnette you are a jewel.

By: Prentiss Gray

Prentiss Gray — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:56:25 +0000

I think the greatest fallacy of religious thought is that people tend to think of a deity in human terms. Why? Even to be a meglomaniac lunatic, it would have to be human. I have never understood why that possibility exists beyond the merest fraction of a half-assed chance. Isn’t it far more likely that this awesome creator has absolutely nothing in common with the few semi-intelligent creatures on this small planet in one corner of the universe? Why wouldn’t “the lord of hosts” cast his eye to our edge of the galaxy one day and says “Holy crap what’s all this stuff growing all over my lovely planet, yuch! Now where’s the Brillo?”

By: Tim Roux

Tim Roux — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:23:06 +0000

Yes, Kay, but you still haven’t answered the question: “What if God who created heaven and earth is a complete meglomaniac lunatic like Mao, Stalin and Hitler? Are you still going to obey Him without question?”

Yes, No, Don’t Know, or “I’ll take Pascal’s Wager” are all acceptable answers.

By: Kaye

Kaye — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:56:30 +0000

Minnette,
I don’t read your work daily. Sometimes weeks go by before I sit down and look to see what Minnette has to say today but, I always respect your right to speak without interruption (pun intended). I also have a great deal of admiration and respect for you as a person.

I know of some of your trials and I know of the good you have always tried to do and of the good that you have been able to accomplish.

You have struggled for years to share your wonderful talent with the world. I applaud you for your strength. Even in the face of rejection you perserver.

On this topic I again applaud you for the courage, for your conviction and for your respect of others in saying what you believe. Your sharing afforded us the opportunity to do the same

I believe right along with you that the Ultimate Mind,The Creator,God,The Great Spirit, Jehovah, or whatever we choose to address him, her or it ( the English language is so limiting at times) by is really quite bright and that he or she (since I believe that we are talking about a Spirit that encompasses both the male and the female of all of us). I don’t agree with you when you say that that the Great One hasn’t passed on his/her intelligence to the fundamentalist believers. I believe they choose not to use the gift.

While I doubt that the Creator has Maoist tendencies or is a megalomaniac lunatic (Wow) I do believe that there is good and evil and that sometimes evil seems to win. I do believe that in the end however good will always overcome. I like many have had difficulty in being submissive and obedient. I believe that I have been able to humble myself and overcome that. There is a law to the universe and it will be obeyed.

I have no fear that you will allow one or even two irrational thinkers stop you. At some point even the blind will see the light.

Rock on Sister. Once again you’ve made me proud! Hey, by-the-way,I very much enjoy your work.

By: Tim Roux

Tim Roux — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:51:38 +0000

For many years I have asked the question “What if God who created heaven and earth is a complete meglomaniac lunatic like Mao, Stalin and Hitler? Are you still going to obey Him without question?”

I have never yet known anybody dare to give an answer.

Luckily, I believe that the ultimate mind is really quite bright. It is a shame he chose not to pass much of his intelligence on to his fundamentalist believers – or perhaps it is the wisest decision he ever made.