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 problem with too many people is they look at the World and see only chaos, as they willfully ignore the Balances in the varied and extensive biological systems....
Where there are too few Wolves, there are too many plant Eaters, which makes plant food scarce, and many starve to death....
Where there are too many Wolves, there are too few Deer, and many Meat eaters Starve to death....
Balance keeps both in play, but when Man interferes directly to ""Regulate"" one or the other, the results are always devastating....
I posit that it is a lack on the Viewers part to look upon the World, or Galaxy or Universe, and see lots of abundance, and yet not see Intelligent Design due to the Balance in all of it....
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
There was once a King that wanted to know what was the Meaning of Life, so after much testing of his people, he had brought together many of his wisest men, and he built them a Guild, they then wrote Tomes on the meaning of life, he did not want to read them so he had them Condense all of them....
They returned with one large tome, he rejected it and had them make up Tests, to find the cream of the Crop in intellect, they condensed the Tests, all the common and all of the uncommon, and they all took the tests....
Of those who passed, Half were sent back to their Previous lives....
The rest of the guild were sent to all parts of the Known World, about 2/3rds returned, and no word of those who never returned....
The Tomes they brought back were quickly condensed, and made into one Large tome, it too was condensed several times, into a small tome of only a few pages, which the king, once again rejected....
His top Intellectuals worked in it for weeks, and finally had it down to one sentence, which he also rejected, and they worked diligently for about a week, and brought back a single word....
Survive....
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
It is my understanding that here on Planet Man, it is the Responsibility of Mankind to be the purveyors and curators of the Entire Planet, we are placed in Charge of Keeping it, and improving our own lives Individually as we go through our Generations....
We are the ones in Charge of Keeping it Clean, not only for ourselves, but for the existence of ALL LIFE, from the Plants to the Animals to the Fish, even for the Birds....
But there's always one group that is just super Lazy, they want everything to be gifted to them without a Cost, or at a minimal exchange....
They are Monarchs, Emperors, Bureaucrats, Extremely Rich but Stupid, Socialists, Communists, and others who never have put in a single Weeks worth of Physical Labor in their entire Lives....
They are LAZY, and believe they deserve anything and everything Gifted to them if for no other reason than their existence, this is stupid, here, on Planet MAN, Everything has a price, an Exchange, every breath, every motion, every bite of Food, you must use part of your Bodys Energy in order to gain more energy, that IS life, that is Living....
The Challenge is to live better Today, than you did yesterday, and better tomorrow, than you did today, it is the WAY of this World....
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The way this Universe is set up, in my comprehension, is that there are Rules for each livable Planet, they range from the Perfect Planets where everything lives in a perfect Balance, with perfect weather, and food abundantly grows everywhere, sadly, it is Boring, and tedious, and nearly no Animals live there....
There's the Midrange Planets, also rather boring, not really much of a challenge, no real exchanges for living better, no really exchanges of Energy, and most of life is provided for in half Measures, there may exist some life, but it's probably Robotic....
And then there's the Death Worlds, Planet Man is one of them, Very Dangerous, very exciting, and teeming with life everywhere you look, and a Challenge to Survive, a struggle to love & Live better each day than before, but the Exchanges must be made in order to pass the tests you encounter daily....
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
If you cannot SEE Intelligent Design in any of this, you probably haven't Lived, truly Lived, You haven't had any struggles, You don't know what Hunger an Thirst really are, probably haven't ever had to go a few days without eating or without Water, never worked to provide for yourself, etc....
If you cannot SEE Intelligent Design in any of this, an at minimum, not even in your reflection in the Mirror, then you are coddled, and in need of a massive change of life, it is ALL by Intelligent design....
God Exists, it is not Gods responsibility to Find you, it is Your Responsibility to Find God....
That is why we have Free Will, and on this planet, Exchange by Agreement, aka Contract....
Great post. Its true if you look at the world the way it is, but i feel like the origional plan of our creator would have been for us to thrive instead of survive.
Of course, and that's why Gods Command is to ""Be Fruitful, and Multiply""....
I doubt he meant Learn Mathematics....