JimBowie1958
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- Sep 25, 2011
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Why would a god punish anything? If there is a single intelligence that created all of reality, I certainly don't think I can understand the reasoning of such a being. I also would not want to assume human morality would apply to such a being.
I have seen and heard many people claim that those who do not believe as they do, with regards to religion, will be punished after death. Even the quoted post from Ninja007 indicates that those who do not believe will be punished; "if your [sic] wrong youll [sic] be in eternal pain." If one is wrong about there being a god (or perhaps even what god wants from people) they will suffer eternal pain.
If there is a god, I don't see any reason (other than peace of mind) to assume that being is altruistic or merciful or cares about any of the things humanity cares about. I think such a being would likely be so different from us in intellect, in the way it views the universe and reality, that we would be incapable of understanding its desires and motivations (if it even has such things in our terms).
It would be nice if there is a god that grants rewards for a life lived well by modern, Western standards of morality. I don't see why it is any more likely than a god that delights in tormenting every soul after death, or a god that doesn't pay any attention whatsoever to the life of an individual human, or any other possibility.
God has designed the Universe, life and mankind for specific purposes and to oppose those purposes is evil and we actually punish ourselves by making ourselves unfit for Gods purpose, which locks us out of Heaven and into a dark, horrid place where there is similar folk weeping and grinding their teeth.