Although I do not agree with your position on this essay, it was well articulated and thought provoking - everything a good opinion piece should be.
I do believe there is a being greater than ourselves, I do not, however, believe that he, she or it was directly responsible for our creation, has any interest in our on-going survival or cares if one small human lives or dies.
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There are so many wonderful things in this universe. I just do not hold to the belief that we are all that important. Perhaps, the ultimate creator made the universe and the planets, just to have something nice to look at. Maybe that is as far as his, hers or its interest goes. Then we evolved. After all, I love the animals in my care, that does not mean that I have any interest in the tick that lands on their back.
I might be more inclined to believe your suppositions, if there was more evidence of our importance. When you put time into a creation, a gourmet meal, a written piece or the perfect flower arrangement (whatever it might be), you want it to be as good as it can be. Why then did this omnipotent being come up with such inferior creations? Our life spans are short - a heartbeat in the grand scheme, our teeth fall out, our bodies get weak and we die. Don't you think that God, if he were so inclined, could do better than us?
So, if we accept the fact that 'God' wanted this infinitely flawed evidence of his work, are we then to assume that he is going to maintain an ongoing, hands on interest in our fate?
Obviously, there are those, like yourself, who believe just that. Even if I accepted all of the above precepts. I could then not get past the next thought. If 'God' is responsible for all the good things that happen to us, then he, she, it is also responsible for all the bad. Bad things happen to good people every day, through no fault of their own. I do not believe that there is a vindictive being who is orchestrating this, any more than I believe that this same omniscient being is overly concerned with whether good things happen to us.
Boy, I do love a good rant. In the end, no matter how many people gravitate behind a particular philosophy, it is still nothing more than conjecture. But it does get the blood pumping, doesn't it.
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