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Originally Posted by Kipper is King
Just my two cents, though. Trying to shoehorn God into logic is difficult. That's part of the reason why it's called faith, not knowledge.
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Which is also fair. I'm just of the belief that adding God to the equation adds often adds another variable you don't need, and all things being equal, the simplest or most likely example is often the correct one.
IE the typical back and forth... How did the universe begin? By answering God you're not really answering the question, you're just pushing back the question or adding another variable. Cause the the question becomes: Where did God come from? The typical believer would answer, 'He (it) didn't, He was always there.' Then why isn't that an acceptable answer for the universe then?
A belief in a God (or at least a self aware conscious one) doesn't really answer any of these questions, it just adds another variable, which isn't a logical way of looking at the questions.
Then again, I will admit that doesn't mean it can't be true. I have no idea.
I agree there could be an element of conscious God guided creation behind everything, I just don't believe there is. I could be wrong of course, many minds better than me have come up empty or unsatisfied on the question.
All that said, I will agree that creationISM and literalISM in religion is sily and dangerous as I mentioned before.