rigid robots but gave the first people free will. He warned them about what would happen if they tasted good and evil, that they would die. They initially died spiritually and later on died physically as well. Their children inherited these two deaths. That is why Jesus had to die in our place.
George Bernard Shaw said, The fact that a believer is happier than a sceptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.
This is rather like ‘religion is the opium of the people’ of Karl Marx. He seems to be saying that religious faith is as intoxicating as a good deal of alcohol. There is truth here. A deeply religious person will be influenced and comforted by their religion. This may be a false peace or a false hope as by definition religion comes from man’s ideas and not divine revelation.
An unknown person said, “Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned”. Religion should be able to be questioned. There can be no harm in questioning a religion that is true.
According to Gene Roddenberry: We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty Humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes.
This statement contains some errors. Firstly, humans were not created faulty. After creating the first people, we read “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good” (Genesis 1 verse 31). God did give them free will and the opportunity to obey Him or disobey Him. This was not evidence of being faulty but it did result in faultiness. God warned them that they would die if they disregarded His warning. They disobeyed Him anyway.
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