Dammit, you didn't go for the simple baitsYou're good.
You say god is an intelligent being involved with the humans. Why christianity. Why not Budhism, Pantheism, Hinduism, Satanism or the Flying Spaghetti Monster? They can't all be right. The concept of god is diametrically different for all of them. If your vision of god is correct, they must be wrong. Why and how? How did your deduction work?
There's other problems regarding the christian god. If he's imnipotent, why would he care about us? It's not like we care about ants. What's in it for god? What does it care? And if god hasn't got the same chemical value system, (in the brain) as humans, how can god relate to us? How can god understand what we value and what we want? If it does because it built our brains, then we hardly have free will do we? Not to mention the big question if we really have free will, which is pretty far from obvious.
I'd hardly think the scientific method is the easiest method of evaluating data. That degree was a bastard to complete. But it's pretty much all we've got today. The Greeks introduced a couple of new ones, but Imhoteps, (the one we use today) is still the best some 4500 years later. Is there any other method used today for judging any complex system? Besides just using common sense. I'm mean, it's not like Christianity is a system of finding truth. It's just one hypothesis. And to judge it we need to use a method. Is there a better one than science?
You're quite right about me valueing my lovely, sharp, outspoken and wonderful slaves brain. I wouldn't have it any other way. It was undoubtedly her intelligence I fell in love with. She's good. I wish I had her brain.
So does a combination of flattery and dinner work on you?![]()