He claims that they don't act the way someone should (or would have to) act if they truly believed in the existence of an all-powerful, supernatural being. If the belief was true deep-down to their core, then their lives should be much more focused on fulfilling the wishes of God and trying to live their lives in accordance
no no no. that's all wrong. see, there's a major problem. there are TWO characters in the story.
GOD: all powerful, all knowing, ever present, and super pissed. but he loves you, and forgives you for everything you do.
THE DEVIL: not as powerful or smart as god, but still pissed. only he doesn't love you and doesn't forgive you, he tortures you for eternity.
which is the one we should be trying to make happy?
(maybe everyone does this subconciously, but apparently there's a tribe in africa that conciously took this approach when christianity was presented to them by missionaries. or so i hear)
This message has been edited by Arachnophilia, 01-04-2005 04:56 AM
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