i admit what i was suggesting had malthiestic overtones. my personal beliefs don't hold to any one school of formal thought too well. i am not suggesting the possibility god is evil in a total sense, rather that his aims mught be as selfish as the 4 eyar old in the candy shop. "evil" is a hazy defintion to tag on a creator, imo. i am not suggesting this because i neccisarily belive it, but more to poke at your outlook a little. obviously, given your background and research in the area, you've mulled all this over, but it deserves looking at again time and again.i'm not trying to make this a wrong or right thing, so much as i am tryong to spread the shades of grey between the tranquility of spiritual enlightenment, and the awe of an unbridled destructive elemental force. which is more spiritual and why, y'know? and, if you believe in a creator, how do they link back to that creator?
ultimately, the answer to all this is "one cannot know the mind of god". ants don't understand much outside the workings of the anthill, and even if they did, they can only grasp at it in terms that relate back to the anthill (which is woefully limited in explaining certain things).
sorry, i got to babbling. what was the question again? =)
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Date: 2004-12-01 02:29 pm (UTC)ultimately, the answer to all this is "one cannot know the mind of god". ants don't understand much outside the workings of the anthill, and even if they did, they can only grasp at it in terms that relate back to the anthill (which is woefully limited in explaining certain things).
sorry, i got to babbling. what was the question again? =)