The idea of a God often doesn't add up when we look at the universe. Stars, with their endless energy, power life across countless planets. This abundance suggests that life could thrive without the need for violence or killing.
If a benevolent and omnipotent God created everything, it would make sense for such a deity to design a world where all life could coexist peacefully, drawing from the boundless energy of the stars. However, the reality on Earth is quite different. We see a world driven by competition, predation, and survival of the fittest. Animals kill for food, and humans have a long history of violence and conflict.
This inherent need for destruction contradicts the idea of a benevolent creator who would provide for all living beings without suffering. The existence of endless energy sources like the sun suggests that life could be sustained harmoniously.
Therefore, the harsh realities we witness challenge the concept of a man-made God intended to explain and justify the world. It implies that our understanding of divinity might be flawed or that the true nature of the universe is more complex and less centered around human beliefs.
The idea of god doesn't fit within a Copernicus/heliocentric reality but thats a whole other issues for another day. I would have to agree with the rest of your statement though.
this conversation is a conversation that intellectuals have been having for nearly 900 years. There conclusion always ends the same way, and thats that we don't have a benevolent god. We have a god that trapped us here in a materialistic realm filled with chaos and pain. Your only freedom is to rid yourself of the materialistic aspect of it by not participating. These are the teachings of "Christian" Gnostics
Yes, but that is very harsh. If that was the case, we would not exist.
We are not here for chaos and pain. But harmony and ease. Body and mind.
I say that because when i look at nature, i dont see chaos and pain. Nature is beautiful in every single way.
But that we have to endure is is something that has been put upon us by other people here, not outside.
You cant really say that we would not exist, that would be assuming you know our gods modus operandi and end goal. Which is impossible.
The world has fleeting beauty. But that's all it really is, Fleeting. The majority of our life is struggle. We are always under subversive attacks from all angles. The only 2 true guarantees in life is that we will lose everything you come to love during your lifetime, and the second is that you will die.
whats the real point? After death its either eternal nothingness or best case scenario your forced to do it all again. Im not trying to black pill anyone but i have to be real. I see the "creation" and the beauty that comes with it, but i dont see a benevolence creator.