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monsterqueers) wrote2020-01-15 01:25 pm
monsterqueers) wrote2020-01-15 01:25 pm
Religious Chatter
Im cutting this mostly out of my history of religion class essay because it might be a little too mean and argument-starting and heretical but im putting it here because I want to save it.
"...While I believe that all gods exist in some form, I do not feel as though most are inherently worthy of my worship. My respect and acknowledgement, sure. A nod when I am in their territory, of course. But I simply cannot justify personally worshipping any being claiming to be truly omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent and that their love requires them to be absolved of their guilt of neglecting their assumed communal responsibilities like an extremely terrible fish owner forgetting to feed their fish for three weeks straight.
If they set up the metaphorical tank, they bought the metaphorical fish, and they put the metaphorical fish in there, then they now have a responsibility to that fish. If they choose to allow it to suffer when they are capable of offering aid with little to no comparative effort, they’re a bad pet owner and shouldn’t be praised for it.
It’s The Problem Of Evil, and why I tend to be more comfortable with less omniscient deities, ones who embody a narrower domain..."
"...While I believe that all gods exist in some form, I do not feel as though most are inherently worthy of my worship. My respect and acknowledgement, sure. A nod when I am in their territory, of course. But I simply cannot justify personally worshipping any being claiming to be truly omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent and that their love requires them to be absolved of their guilt of neglecting their assumed communal responsibilities like an extremely terrible fish owner forgetting to feed their fish for three weeks straight.
If they set up the metaphorical tank, they bought the metaphorical fish, and they put the metaphorical fish in there, then they now have a responsibility to that fish. If they choose to allow it to suffer when they are capable of offering aid with little to no comparative effort, they’re a bad pet owner and shouldn’t be praised for it.
It’s The Problem Of Evil, and why I tend to be more comfortable with less omniscient deities, ones who embody a narrower domain..."