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If I were God, I would not let any evil happen in the world. I would destroy it and have only good things in the world. Everybody would be living in Paradise.
If I were God, I would have saved that child from suffering or from dying or from a car crash.
If I were God, I would have cured that child.
If I were God, I would have never let malaria and HIV and whatever exist.
If I were God, I wouldn't let people starve.
If I were God, I would have made religious texts a bit more clear and stopped terrorists and evil people from abusing religion for power.
If I were God, I would have <insert whatever holier than thou stupid sh*t you would have done if you were an omnipotent being>
You may have recognized something like that. It's the most common form of expression of atheists worldwide, anti-religious zealots or anyone really who wants to show that he has a moral conscience... or that he is deep or something really. I find that to be the stupidest form of putting a problem about religion, any religion really. And it is used by idiots like Dawkins to put the religious people in their corner. Why does God allow this or that to happen? That's a sign that he doesn't exist and all he does is cower behind a verse saying that "God works in mysterious ways".
Ok. Lets get a few things straight. You, as a human being, are and despite your best efforts, will always be, a pathetic, weak, stupid creature that is destined to wander on this world as long as he isn't the subject of a horrific disease or an accident, to waddle about... and some of us, humans, will end up somewhere. most of us... won't. Most of us are the walking, talking nobodys'. Granted, today, more of us nobody's talk to other nobody's and sometimes to some somebody's than ever before, but that doesn't change anything. We're a bunch of powerless critters. And no matter how much power we get from our fellow men through artificial means, we are still powerless critters. Why? Because powerless critters have very little to no power to give in the first place. We empower politicians and leaders and bankers and movie stars to shape opinions and make laws and dictate interest rates... over us.
Sometimes, just sometimes, we manage to pull one out of our collective asses and actually do something worthwhile in the world that makes life significantly better and even make a significant mark in the world. But we didn't do nothing really. I mean, compared to the vastness of the universe and all there is out there, we're just doing the equivalent of a circle jerk to one another. We don't know what real power is. We just give it different interpretations. To declare war... to know how to build a spaceship... to know something... or be able to dictate something. Sometimes, we build machines for the purpose of defying natural law, and that's ok. We should do that. That's really important to us so that we can circle jerk some more.
But compare that to being OMNIPOTENT. Compare that to being able to do whatever you want to do. Think of the wildest thing you can. Create a new sun. Ah... abolish gravity. Bring back the dead and not in the Walking Dead sort of thing. Hell, reshape planets. Reshape everything. I can't even think of sufficient things that omnipotence can bring. And you, as a pathetic human being with no real power have the audacity to say: if I were God, I would do that... or that...
I mean really. How far is your head up your ass? First off, you can't even think differently than a human being. You don't even know another plane of reasoning. We don't understand Genius people, people whose brains are wired so amazingly that they can think things we don't... and yet you think you have the right to demand that if you were more than that... more than we have ever experienced, you would cure AIDS. That would be your accomplishment. Go piss on yourself you bloody asshole. Your wish should be: If I had a bit more willpower to get off my lazy ass and go jogging...
If I had a bit more intelligence to be able to learn things faster and get a better job...
If I had a bit more charm to actually be interesting to other people.
If I had a bit more musical talent so I could sign a nice song instead of paining people.
If I had <anything that is actually achievable if you put your mind to it and want it>
Not, If I were God. Don't you think you're overstepping your boundaries a bit? You don't know what omnipotence or power is. You don't know how such a being would think. We haven't even met a different bloody intelligent species from another planet. We don't know jack except our circlejerk ignorance and most of us, don't even know everything about our own human condition, and yet, we think we should be more than just human.
I submit to you, I am no better, but at least I don't try to check-mate people with absurdities.
If I were God, I would have saved that child from suffering or from dying or from a car crash.
If I were God, I would have cured that child.
If I were God, I would have never let malaria and HIV and whatever exist.
If I were God, I wouldn't let people starve.
If I were God, I would have made religious texts a bit more clear and stopped terrorists and evil people from abusing religion for power.
If I were God, I would have <insert whatever holier than thou stupid sh*t you would have done if you were an omnipotent being>
You may have recognized something like that. It's the most common form of expression of atheists worldwide, anti-religious zealots or anyone really who wants to show that he has a moral conscience... or that he is deep or something really. I find that to be the stupidest form of putting a problem about religion, any religion really. And it is used by idiots like Dawkins to put the religious people in their corner. Why does God allow this or that to happen? That's a sign that he doesn't exist and all he does is cower behind a verse saying that "God works in mysterious ways".
Ok. Lets get a few things straight. You, as a human being, are and despite your best efforts, will always be, a pathetic, weak, stupid creature that is destined to wander on this world as long as he isn't the subject of a horrific disease or an accident, to waddle about... and some of us, humans, will end up somewhere. most of us... won't. Most of us are the walking, talking nobodys'. Granted, today, more of us nobody's talk to other nobody's and sometimes to some somebody's than ever before, but that doesn't change anything. We're a bunch of powerless critters. And no matter how much power we get from our fellow men through artificial means, we are still powerless critters. Why? Because powerless critters have very little to no power to give in the first place. We empower politicians and leaders and bankers and movie stars to shape opinions and make laws and dictate interest rates... over us.
Sometimes, just sometimes, we manage to pull one out of our collective asses and actually do something worthwhile in the world that makes life significantly better and even make a significant mark in the world. But we didn't do nothing really. I mean, compared to the vastness of the universe and all there is out there, we're just doing the equivalent of a circle jerk to one another. We don't know what real power is. We just give it different interpretations. To declare war... to know how to build a spaceship... to know something... or be able to dictate something. Sometimes, we build machines for the purpose of defying natural law, and that's ok. We should do that. That's really important to us so that we can circle jerk some more.
But compare that to being OMNIPOTENT. Compare that to being able to do whatever you want to do. Think of the wildest thing you can. Create a new sun. Ah... abolish gravity. Bring back the dead and not in the Walking Dead sort of thing. Hell, reshape planets. Reshape everything. I can't even think of sufficient things that omnipotence can bring. And you, as a pathetic human being with no real power have the audacity to say: if I were God, I would do that... or that...
I mean really. How far is your head up your ass? First off, you can't even think differently than a human being. You don't even know another plane of reasoning. We don't understand Genius people, people whose brains are wired so amazingly that they can think things we don't... and yet you think you have the right to demand that if you were more than that... more than we have ever experienced, you would cure AIDS. That would be your accomplishment. Go piss on yourself you bloody asshole. Your wish should be: If I had a bit more willpower to get off my lazy ass and go jogging...
If I had a bit more intelligence to be able to learn things faster and get a better job...
If I had a bit more charm to actually be interesting to other people.
If I had a bit more musical talent so I could sign a nice song instead of paining people.
If I had <anything that is actually achievable if you put your mind to it and want it>
Not, If I were God. Don't you think you're overstepping your boundaries a bit? You don't know what omnipotence or power is. You don't know how such a being would think. We haven't even met a different bloody intelligent species from another planet. We don't know jack except our circlejerk ignorance and most of us, don't even know everything about our own human condition, and yet, we think we should be more than just human.
I submit to you, I am no better, but at least I don't try to check-mate people with absurdities.
