上帝的残屑

• Thinker

  2012-01-13
  But a God who had one naggingquestion—what happens if I cease to exist?—might be motivatedto find the answer in order to complete his knowledge.And having no fear and no reason to continueexisting, he might try it.“We have the answer. It is our existence. The fact thatwe exist is proof that God is motivated to act in some way.And since only the challenge of self-destruction could interestan omnipotent God, it stands to reason that we . . .”The old man looked at nothing and said, “We are God’sdebris.”
• Thinker

  2012-01-13
  Everything that motivates living creatures is based onsome weakness or flaw. Hunger motivates animals. Lustmotivates animals. Fear and pain motivate animals. A Godwould have none of those impulses. Humans are driven byall of our animal passions plus loftier-sounding things likeself-actualization and creativity and freedom and love. ButGod would care nothing for those things, or if he caredwould already have them in unlimited quantities. None ofthem would be motivating.”“I can conceive of only one challenge for an omnipotentbeing—the challenge of destroying himself.”“I think God would prefer to exist than to not exist.”“That’s thinking like a human, not like a God. You havea fear of death so you assume God would share your preference. But God would have no fears. Existing woul...
• Thinker

  2012-01-13
  The human brain is a delusion generator. The delusionsare fueled by arrogance—the arrogance that humans are thecenter of the world, that we alone are endowed with the magicalproperties of souls and morality and free will and love. Wepresume that an omnipotent God has a unique interest in ourprogress and activities while providing all the rest of creationfor our playground. We believe that God—because he thinksthe same way we do—must be more interested in our livesthan in the rocks and trees and plants and animals
• Thinker

  2012-01-13
  Religions are like different maps whose routes all leadto the collective good of society. Some maps take their followersover rugged terrain. Other maps have easier paths.Some of the travelers of each route will be assigned the jobof being the protectors and interpreters of the map. Theywill teach the young to respect it and be suspicious of othermaps.
• Thinker

  2012-01-13
  “Four billion people say they believe in God, but fewgenuinely believe. If people believed in God, they wouldlive every minute of their lives in support of that belief. Richpeople would give their wealth to the needy. Everyonewould be frantic to determine which religion was the trueone. No one could be comfortable in the thought that theymight have picked the wrong religion and blundered intoeternal damnation, or bad reincarnation, or some otherunthinkable consequence. People would dedicate their livesto converting others to their religions.“A belief in God would demand one hundred percentobsessive devotion, influencing every waking moment ofthis brief life on earth. But your four billion so-called believersdo not live their lives in that fashion, except for a few.The majorit...
• Thinker

  2012-01-13
  “I see where you’re going with this,” I said. “You’re anatheist. You think science has the answers and you think religiouspeople are all delusional.”
• Thinker

  2012-01-13
  You’re going to say that if he sees hisown future, then his choices are predetermined. Or, if hecan’t see the future, then he’s not omnipotent.”
• Thinker

  2012-01-13
  “Do you believe God is omnipotent and that people have free will?” he asked.
• 溪汐

  2011-04-03
  如果你丢一千次的硬币，会有多少次人头朝上？几率是50%的答案并不正确，因为每个问题都有答案，只有几率是没有答案的。是邮递员送包裹，还是包裹送邮递员？前者常人式的思维只是角度之一，从另一角度来看，邮递员与包裹同时抵达，缺一不可。包裹要参与其中，并由它来告诉邮递员送到哪里，而且每个环节都是无法省略的，所以应该是包裹在送邮递员。上帝是全能的？人有自由意志吗？如果上帝是全能的，那他也一定知道未来，可如果上帝知道未来会发生什么，就表示我们的选择已经做好了，所以自由意志就成了假的。人的自由意志来自哪里？来自头脑？脑子不过就是由细胞、神经元、化学物质、路径和电子运动组成，完全不物理法则，当脑部有局部受到某种刺激时，它爱怎么响应就怎么响应，还是永远以某种特定方式来响应？来自灵魂？那非物质的灵魂可以影响脑部而脑部却是物质的。如果灵魂是自由意志的来源，那它一定能衡量各种选择，再作出决定。可那是脑袋的工作啊，干嘛要灵魂来做脑袋可以做的事情呢？信仰上帝？相信上帝，是需要百分之百的投入，终其一生都活在这个信仰下，但所谓的教徒们并不是这样过日子，只有少数例外。大多数人只相信信仰的用途，也就是实际的好处，而不相信基本实相。再打个比方，你我决定要各自前往同一个目的地，你有一张地图是蓝色的，我有一张地图是绿色的，两张地图都没有把各种可能的路线全标示出来，只标了各自可接受的路线，虽然不同，但都会抵达同一目的地，如果我们两个就这样去了，又能平安回来，我们就会告诉别人，我们的地图有多棒，还可能会警告别人，别用其它地图。各种信仰就像不同的地图，路线不一样，却都能带领你到一个整体来说看似还不错的世界，每条路都有旅客，有些旅客被指派担任保护者或地图解说员，地图是那些第一次去探险又侥幸没死的人制作的，能幸存下来的地图，就是有用的地图。理解力：这个世界和周遭环境有...