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If God Built Robots |
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WindWalker Senior Member
since 2001-10-12
Posts 1218 |
‘Tis said God made man in his image, which included the gift of free will -- Is it so wonderful to have free will? Why would a creator god grant such a gift? Seems to me since “god” isn’t talking I have to look at time and history to get my answer to such a weird question: Why did God give free will to man, especially knowing what the future would bring? Ah well, it's quite simple you see: God is probably the smartest inventor of all -- and he knew if he made robots and they malfunctioned - he'd have to act on that; he'd have to take responsibility for his machines - either fix them, re-design them or destroy them. But if he gave man "free will" it was the perfect cop-out: whatever man does now is not God's fault -- man has free will and he can do whatever he wishes -- or so we are supposed to think... until we stub our toes on the Ten Commandments! Say what? Thou shalt not do this or that? But, I thought I had free will -- that I could do this or that and not have to worry about the creator's feelings -- so what is it I'm not getting? Do I have free will, or don't I? If I do, there are no laws, and there's no sin! But if there are divine decrees, laws, taboos and there is punishment for breaking these in some way, then obviously, I don't have free will. Not a bad scam, God. And you got away with it for many thousand years -- until now. "Fess up: the game's up. You've been found out. You've lied to, and royally cheated, earth humanity so you could set up a bureaucracy of religions to milk the saps for all they were worth. Thanks for nothing, God. See you in hell: another place created in your image? |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
I think the purpose of free will is more like to see how you will respond in situations that we call life... as a parent would raise their child in a loving and caring way and then hope and pray that when they go out on their own they can trust them to make wise decisions, and of course that will not always happen, but which way will they go as they learn lessons and experience the freedom of choice that God has given to all of us...James |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
most fine, probing, rational/thoughtful 'write'! [as is typical from this author!] long-sustained applause!! |
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Fairplay Member
since 2007-01-15
Posts 222England |
Hi Wind Walker Read this and due to one of the comments (and my own interest) read back over some of your other stuff.... I laughed at the one Kill your creator because immediately I misread this to say Kill God, which means I have been brainwashed by ??? because I am under the impression that whatever created me it was certainly not a God as put out by ??? Your writing is clever and a very good alternative to blindly following like ??? sheep. I just have one small concern..... I am not a poet so may have missed something...What is poetic about your verse ? there you go....I have been brainwashed again thinking even poetry is inflicted with ??? Eric Lance Davies |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
BRAVO! I'd say much more, but my nonroboticbrain is tweaking today from Vicodin Rx for neck/shoulder/head pain. I 'performed' 3.5 hours nearly nonstop yesterday in annual CPR/First Aid re-certification class and managed to sprain my damn neck! LOL, I'm the only one I know who could manage such a bizarre scenario! But not much stops me from reading you. |
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