That precisely is the problem with religions and God if there’s one. If he (or she) really existed, he would have inspired his many prophets a long time ago to unify all faiths into one, instead of splitting them into more and more factions, most of them full of hatred and bloodthirsty. So in the absence of that unifying figure, I’m afraid that believers will have to settle for a ragged army of deities and a huge variety of ”reward programs…”
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Different gods for different religions?
If an after-life were to exist, I’ve always wondered how the various religions offered around the world would be guiding their faithful to the various areas assigned to their specific beliefs and put them in the presence of the god of their choice, or if instead, everyone would get funneled into a big, happy family where God would be a multi-faceted creature, sort of a “one-size fits all” that would satisfy Muslims, Hindus, and Christians to cite just a few. 
That precisely is the problem with religions and God if there’s one. If he (or she) really existed, he would have inspired his many prophets a long time ago to unify all faiths into one, instead of splitting them into more and more factions, most of them full of hatred and bloodthirsty. So in the absence of that unifying figure, I’m afraid that believers will have to settle for a ragged army of deities and a huge variety of ”reward programs…”
That precisely is the problem with religions and God if there’s one. If he (or she) really existed, he would have inspired his many prophets a long time ago to unify all faiths into one, instead of splitting them into more and more factions, most of them full of hatred and bloodthirsty. So in the absence of that unifying figure, I’m afraid that believers will have to settle for a ragged army of deities and a huge variety of ”reward programs…”
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If God is omnipotent and omniscient, why didn't he start the universe out in the first place so it would come out the way he wants? Why is he constantly repairing and complaining? No, there's one thing the Bible makes clear: The biblical God is a sloppy manufacturer. He's not good at design, he's not good at execution. He'd be out of business if there was any competition. [Sol Hadden in Carl Sagan's Contact (New York: Pocket Books, 1985), p. 285.]
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