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BigBen · 06-06-2006, 02:45 PM

To me, God is perfect. He sat down one day, and made a set of rules. He is not bound by them, but we are.

Physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology. Every element of science.

He (the royal He... I don't think of God being sexual) knew when he created the rules what the outcome would be. The planets, the environment. When He created the first spark of life, He could see the evolutionary process, He could see history in every second, from every angle.

And He saw that it was good.

Not good at every angle. Not good at every moment. There was pain. There was suffering. People would believe in Him, others wouldn't. People would commit crimes in His name. Others would be perfect creatures, yet never come to terms that He was responsible for the whole show. This did not bother Him. God took everything into account, and gave it His blessing.

Now, some folks came around and started talking about rules of humanity. They looked around and realized that order had to be established for the human race to prosper. People wouldn't listen to reason, no matter how often and how hard the rule makers tried to tell them. This left them in a sticky situation:

To establish order, people created a set of punishments that would befall every transgression, and a short list of rewards for obediance. You do well? You will be rewarded. You do bad? You will be punished.
Humans set these rules in place; Yet they were allowed to, because if these rules were to set everything off-balance, God would not have set things in motion. God saw everything, and judged the work as a whole.

Now the rewards were very sketchy. You get to go to heaven. If people could really sell it properly, it can sound like the best reward EVER. A reward so good that it will affect the way you behave, for the rest of your life.

The punishments were more on scale. Small crime equalled small punishment, while the big ones were really bad, and written down. These crimes were thought to be so severe that death could be the reward, and even then the folks thought of a deterrent. You didn't get to go to heaven. You were cast out, and sent to an evil place of pain and suffering.

God didn't write this stuff down. People did. God gave people free will. They can do whatever they want. He (and only he) knows what you are going to do.

As far as the Heaven and Hell debate, I don't know. I don't believe in it in the traditional religious sense. I even left out religion when telling my view. You can insert Christianity, Bhuddism, Muslim, Taoism, and Animalistic religions into my telling. You can look at it as an agnostic, and still understand my view. It stands up to each individual religion. It embraces all of them. It embraces scientific theory. Evolution is allowed.

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BigBen Comedian Location: Use the search button	To me, God is perfect. He sat down one day, and made a set of rules. He is not bound by them, but we are. Physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology. Every element of science. He (the royal He... I don't think of God being sexual) knew when he created the rules what the outcome would be. The planets, the environment. When He created the first spark of life, He could see the evolutionary process, He could see history in every second, from every angle. And He saw that it was good. Not good at every angle. Not good at every moment. There was pain. There was suffering. People would believe in Him, others wouldn't. People would commit crimes in His name. Others would be perfect creatures, yet never come to terms that He was responsible for the whole show. This did not bother Him. God took everything into account, and gave it His blessing. Now, some folks came around and started talking about rules of humanity. They looked around and realized that order had to be established for the human race to prosper. People wouldn't listen to reason, no matter how often and how hard the rule makers tried to tell them. This left them in a sticky situation: To establish order, people created a set of punishments that would befall every transgression, and a short list of rewards for obediance. You do well? You will be rewarded. You do bad? You will be punished. Humans set these rules in place; Yet they were allowed to, because if these rules were to set everything off-balance, God would not have set things in motion. God saw everything, and judged the work as a whole. Now the rewards were very sketchy. You get to go to heaven. If people could really sell it properly, it can sound like the best reward EVER. A reward so good that it will affect the way you behave, for the rest of your life. The punishments were more on scale. Small crime equalled small punishment, while the big ones were really bad, and written down. These crimes were thought to be so severe that death could be the reward, and even then the folks thought of a deterrent. You didn't get to go to heaven. You were cast out, and sent to an evil place of pain and suffering. God didn't write this stuff down. People did. God gave people free will. They can do whatever they want. He (and only he) knows what you are going to do. As far as the Heaven and Hell debate, I don't know. I don't believe in it in the traditional religious sense. I even left out religion when telling my view. You can insert Christianity, Bhuddism, Muslim, Taoism, and Animalistic religions into my telling. You can look at it as an agnostic, and still understand my view. It stands up to each individual religion. It embraces all of them. It embraces scientific theory. Evolution is allowed. __________________ 3.141592654 Hey, if you are impressed with my memorizing pi to 10 digits, you should see the size of my penis.