Even If There Was a God, We're Fucked
(Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus)
But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
2 Peter 3:8
Being an avid reader of science and of religious materials I have formulated a theory of God and why he doesn't seem to have been present in the world for a long long time.
Scientifically the age of the Earth is guessed to be about 5-6 billion years old. The Bible maintains that the Earth was created in 6 days. Many people have suggested that a "day" to God may be more than the 24 hour period that we humans have designated. So let's say that a day to God is a billion years. This way Christians and science can be in harmony.
Now if you read the Old Testament, you'll see that plenty of people got to speak to God, or at least an incarnation of God. Abraham, Solomon, Job and Moses to name a few. Then Jesus came along and he was God. And as far as I can tell nothing since. Or at least anyone who has claimed to have spoken directly to God since then has generally been burned at the stake or had tanks come and shoot fire into their compound. So Jesus was the last time God has been seen in the world. Since he spoke to people we can also say that is the last time God has spoken to anyone in the world or been seen in the world at all. If you're Mormon you might disagree, but if you're Mormon you're crazy anyway so go away.(To the Mormons--if you think I'm making fun of your religion, I am. Crazy bastards.)
Now, the bible isn't clear as to when exactly the sixth day ended. But what if, and I think this makes a certain amount of sense, the day Jesus died was midnight on the sixth day for God? I mean clearly if Jesus was God he wasn't resting when Jesus was alive. Jesus walked around and preformed miracles, which I hear are very tiresome, and of course crucifixion is no picnic. So after Jesus dies, comes back and leaves again, God thinks, "Well my work there is done, all men are saved, I think I'll have a sandwich and call it a day." So he goes to take his nap.
So we know that was somewhere close to 2000 years ago. The Bible seems to indicate that God is going to rest for the whole day. A day to God is a billion years. So 1,000,000,000 - 2000 = 999,998,000 years until we can expect God to wake up. Until then we're alone. Sucks doesn't it?-- by Dallas Lynn
6 comments:
thank you for that. I've always wanted to grill Christians on how they think that Christianity can make scientific sense. It, well, doesn't. And you can't discount science.
Well to be honest some of the basic scientific principles of observation, deduction and the quest for truth come from Christianity. However the similarities probably stop there. Science has evolved to a very structured science whereas religion is still based on a lot of faith.
However there's nothing wrong with having faith in something that's not scientifically proven. After all, a lot of us have faith in love even though we've been beaten and dragged through mud on several occasions. Love for all we know is a chemical imbalance that causes people to buy stuffed animals and flowers for each other...
I've always believed that science tells me how and when things happen, through the studies of biology and archaeology and astronomy, among others. And my faith tells me why things happen, and what my purpose is for being here.
It's that same dilemma of whether or not you should just accept randomness. For some reason or another we just have a hard time letting it go as such. We always need a how and a why.
I was born into a buddhist family, raised as a Lutheran Christian for a short time. Eventually I lost faith in Christianity because of all the contradicting opinions within different sects of Christianity and became an atheist. Then I went to university and looked for some answers in the science and religion courses I took. Now I'm an agnostic that takes the core values from each religion and leaves out the rest of the folklore.
All this time I thought I was looking for someone, something, God, Buddha, Jesus, the big bang theory -- when really I was just looking for an ease of mind.
The moment I let go of that randomness, I found that I didn't have that need for religion anymore. I found faith in myself, my family and my friends. Faith that we're living a life that has purpose and meaning. I no longer needed to find that crutch called religion to lean on.
Orgasmo. Great Mormon film. ;)
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