4 Weird Questions That Might Make You an Atheist
We can claim to be speaking for God from a belief we know the truth for reasons of group dynamics. For example, not eating pork was a rejection of urban culture and an affirmation of pastoralism. Leviticus was creating a is society, not eternal truth.
Why is it moral evil for me to eat a cow but not when a mountain lion hunts it down to feed the pack? Why is it moral to eat mushrooms with my steak but not the steak itself? The first precept of the Buddha was about what killing does to us, not the suffering of animals. I look for the day when pain free lab grown steak is both available and properly rare. It will be easier to grow a steak in a home based lab than a cow, especially on a space station.
The God to worship is one that is entirely loving and humble, where treating others as God would treat them, or if they were personifications of God provides a heavenly joy on Earth, even to atheists.
Belief is not required for divine action or it's rewards in this world or the next. Changing the beliefs of the Church to accept an all-humble God as a necessary corollary to an all loving God is the very essence be of rebellion. Both more fun and higher stakes due to risk of martyrdom.
Near death experiencers say that no one goes to Hell, although they may have a negative experience to have them call out to God for relief. Everyone goes home to Heaven and comes back to experience life and choice. Others say that only the Earth is a free will planet (where people culturally choose blame), but to we will grow out of it.
The Pliedian mythos from the last statement to is more myth through channelling than NDE. Freedom is possible without alien channelling, as is society evolving to get beyond blame, hate and tribalism. Finding a "humble God" meme will be both more likely and better than a "post God" one because atheists can be as tribal as believers.
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