Ok, this might not be a popular idea... So let me preface it with this notion, if you found peace/happiness with one of the world religions consider yourself lucky. I'm sure that is beneficial to everyone on a personal level, when life gives you a shitsandwich like a loved one dying unexpectedly (you just have to live long enough for it to happen, some get dealt that sandwich early on, for others it takes decades). Anyway I just want to make it clear that this is not about changing anyone's opinion (I think that is super rare, no matter the topic, mostly it's about wasting each other's time, some people devote a lot of time to it, I personally think it's one of the ways you don't think about your imminent death, but it will happen regardless).
Anyway, before getting all long winded, I personally don't believe in any of the worldly religions, I think they are logically flawed and I don't think they give a good answer to the evils of the world. The all knowing god created evil, ok.
I think the question of there being a god or not is unknowable (I think people who are sure there isn't are dumb in that facet of their life, like Stephen Hawking, a brilliant mind, but oh there isn't enough time for god to exist, that's dumb), but there could be a god, and being all knowing everything has to happen, that's why god is running all these parallel universes, so in some (most I'd assume) universes the Holocaust didn't happen, John Lennon wasn't shot dead and whatever other incomprehensible stuff that means something to you didn't happen, but it did in ours, and that's because to be all knowing everything has to happen.
You just generate universes from a random seed and absorb the knowledge from whatever happened. Also DNA pretty solid advice that if there is a god, he (I'm sure it's a man of course
) is the best coder out there, four instructions and you make everything, that's pretty good.
I'm not a true believer convinced of this myself, but I do think it makes a whole lot more sense than the religions I've looked into.
Parallel universes and even simulation theory is to me much more believable and logical than whatever they came up with in some cave a couple of thousand years ago.
Anyway, before getting all long winded, I personally don't believe in any of the worldly religions, I think they are logically flawed and I don't think they give a good answer to the evils of the world. The all knowing god created evil, ok.
I think the question of there being a god or not is unknowable (I think people who are sure there isn't are dumb in that facet of their life, like Stephen Hawking, a brilliant mind, but oh there isn't enough time for god to exist, that's dumb), but there could be a god, and being all knowing everything has to happen, that's why god is running all these parallel universes, so in some (most I'd assume) universes the Holocaust didn't happen, John Lennon wasn't shot dead and whatever other incomprehensible stuff that means something to you didn't happen, but it did in ours, and that's because to be all knowing everything has to happen.
You just generate universes from a random seed and absorb the knowledge from whatever happened. Also DNA pretty solid advice that if there is a god, he (I'm sure it's a man of course
) is the best coder out there, four instructions and you make everything, that's pretty good.I'm not a true believer convinced of this myself, but I do think it makes a whole lot more sense than the religions I've looked into.
Parallel universes and even simulation theory is to me much more believable and logical than whatever they came up with in some cave a couple of thousand years ago.
poor gods getting bullied in god school playground for having a shit score and character!
