Tony\'s God (Introduction)

by David Turell , Monday, November 21, 2011, 06:36 (4752 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained

By observing the near endless variety, the beauty, the logic, the 'magic' of this creation, and all of the wonderful things that we experience on a daily basis, one can infer much. After all, the universe could probably have been created in black and white with everything uniform. I am fairly certain that it would have been much more efficient and easier and wouldn't have taken half of the effort. Humanity could have been simple automatons with little or no real intelligence or capacity for emotion. These are things that lead me to believe the way that I do.

I'm on your side. I agree with your statement above. There has to be a God. Look at Psalm 19. But my God is not what you want your God to be. Where you have extended logic is you want a loving caring God who can advise you, love you. I don't know that that God exists. And yes I talk to Him, pray if you insist on that word. But I have no idea that He cares about me specifically. I hope He does. I think He may be watching over me, but despite the fact that I am not sure, I lead a moral life, I try to help others, and never out of fear of punishment. There is no Hell in Judaism. But, intellectually, look at all the religions who threaten punishment if you are not good. Heaven becomes candy for childlike people. It is kindergarten thinking, much asx you have inferred.

One is good for the sake of goodness. One does unto others because that is the right way. Hillel preached that 50 years before Jesus. My ideas are just like M.J. Adler's. He died converted to Catholicism; I'm not sure I can get to that position. His estimate is 50/50 that God cares individually about specific people. (Book: How to think about God.)