God, why are you a dickhead?
Helios,
If I were a dickhead, I would send a bolt of lightning your way instead of trying to answer your question
I think that you're looking at my behavior from your perspective instead of a more universal perspective. You see one part of the plan instead of how the whole thing fits together. Or, as God said to Job when Job stepped to him (and I paraphrase), "You don't know me!!"
God, why is life better than death?
Nicodemus,
I suspect that you're asking me to defend a position on a question I remain undecided about. It might not even be the right question, as death could be seen as a transition into a new kind of existence. In that case, you might ask "is
this life better than death?"
Perhaps your question is better posed in relation to a specific person rather than to mankind. For some people, death might be better than life. Sometimes a person's life on Earth has reached a natural conclusion, but extreme measures are taken to keep the body operating anyway. "We aren't going to kill her, it's up to God". Damn, can't you see a brother trying??
Dear God,
What came first, the chicken or the egg?
Thanks,
PB
PeaceBaby,
This appears to be one of the most perplexing paradoxes mankind has wrestled with. And frankly, I think you all have too much time on your hands. This one is easy - the egg. Somewhere, sometime, a creature that's not a chicken but was a chicken's direct predecessor laid an egg that hatched into the first chicken. Clearly, everything that describes a chicken biologically was present in that egg.
And yes, this means that God believes in evolution. Yes, I created everything, but not individually. Do you know how much WORK that is? You guys write artificial intelligence programs that learn and adapt, right? So why is it so hard to believe I did the same thing? When you people argue about this it sounds like judging the merit of a painting by the frame. Seriously, all you guys can shut the @#$& up about this now. Love, God.