Evolution of Intelligence (Origins)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Friday, March 29, 2013, 15:08 (4255 days ago) @ David Turell

Tony: Yes, there is a unified purpose. It is written there for anyone to see as plainly as the words on this page. The problem is not in the clarity of the message, it is in the implications of the message. If purpose exists in all of creation, it implies a creator. If a creator exists, it implies that he might get sick and tired of our crap and do something about it, and that scares the hell out of people.
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> Here I disagree. Obvious purpose, yes, but the God of the OT is not thatvindictive. The Talmud softens the message. I've commented before about the reward and punishment side of religious thought. To me this is the only weak portion of your brilliant thinking presented here. I should have had you as the co-author of my book!-I've never believed that he was! However, people are afraid of what they don't understand, and it is virtually impossible to understand god on more than a superficial level. They are not afraid of any particular version of the almighty, rather they are afraid simply because something with that kind of power exists and is unknowable.

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.