The Sermon Part 2 (Agnosticism)

by BBella , Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 08:38 (5944 days ago) @ Carl

David writes about God and the nature of the universe, "This may be the only way He could do it and create a universe (dangerous as it is) that would evolve to allow intelligent life".
> The implication that the ultimate objective of God was intelligent life and , presumably, humans seems unlikely. 13.7 billion years since the universe was created, 4.5 billion years since the earth was created and 160 million years of dinosaur dominance just to arrive at a few thousand years of humanity seems like the long way around. I would say that if we are special in the eyes of God, we must be just one of many projects.> - 
I am just catching up with the discussions, sorry to be so far behind. Just throwing some thoughts on what I've read so far. For me, I have yet to personally conceive of a really good "purpose" for creation, but, I do like some theories I've come across thru the years that seem just as possible as anything else I've thought of! First of all, for the purpose for life on Earth to be God's way to evolve intelligent life seems a remote possibility to me. Something about it just doesn't click. Although, the time problem doesn't get in the way of that possibility, because it could easily be, what may seem a billion years to Earth folks (the human mind) may only be a few thousand years, or even a blink to God (or the minds of a higher being/s). That could easily solve why it seemed to take so long to finally bring about a thinking (or better said) questioning human mind. But, other theories seem more probable to me personally. Like: Earth could simply be a created school (for lack of a better word) of sorts for beings to come and gain certain experience's or to grow certain qualities they could not other wise grow in their own environment/dimension (That seems like a great idea!). Or, Earth could simply be a project for more advanced yet imperfect beings (I personally find myself drawn to this one because the evidence (written word/pictures) of higher beings (gods) visiting down thru the ages). The choice's of possibilities, in my opinion, for why we find ourselves here on Earth, are endless, and limited only by allowing our imagination. Why peruse only two choices: Is there, or is there not, a God. Or, is there, or is there not, an afterlife? What about, is there, or is there not, higher life forms that observe us just like we observe lower life forms, making sure we do not become extinct, just like we do not want the wolf to become extinct. Why? Because we feel responsible for them. Maybe there are higher life forms that feel responsible for us...and we just can't really understand that, yet....just like the wolves cannot understand why we would want to help them. Again, the possibilities are endless.