SolomonG@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months agoIf a God exists then everything humans "create" is like the meme "I made this, you made this?...I made this".sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down142file-text
arrow-up1110arrow-down1imageIf a God exists then everything humans "create" is like the meme "I made this, you made this?...I made this".sh.itjust.worksSolomonG@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKidnappedByKitties@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down6·2 months agoWhat? Most religious dogma is predicated upon free will, meaning we are capable of rearranging things according to our own machinations. It would be like bacteria in a petri dish reorganising and reproducing, but it’s still creation in a sense separated from the creator.
minus-squareSolomonG@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down4·2 months ago“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos
minus-squareLudrol@szmer.infolinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·2 months agoBut We are not making a pie from scratch, We are making it from basic building blocks of universe. Also in this meme human and God are equal and this isn’t true. Humans are in itself creation of God. So God provides being and materials for us to create stuff with.
What? Most religious dogma is predicated upon free will, meaning we are capable of rearranging things according to our own machinations.
It would be like bacteria in a petri dish reorganising and reproducing, but it’s still creation in a sense separated from the creator.
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos
But We are not making a pie from scratch, We are making it from basic building blocks of universe.
Also in this meme human and God are equal and this isn’t true. Humans are in itself creation of God.
So God provides being and materials for us to create stuff with.