Why did we stop inventing gods?

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Why did we stop inventing gods?

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Unread post by Greatest I am » Sat Aug 13, 2016 10:40 am

Why did we stop inventing gods?

The ancients were quite good at inventing new gods. The bible shows that the Jews invented many gods before deciding that god could not be defined and settled for “I am“, as the greatest expression of god. “I am” as spoken as a man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJkNs512Lsk

Jews, in their oral tradition, gave man the last word in what god and his policies were to be. They accepted that the man they chose as head Rabbi of their Divine council had the power to overrule their written tradition. Man’s words, not an imaginary god, had the final say on policy. Man was supreme and not one of the imaginary gods.

Christianity then changed much of the morals and policies of their newly invented god, Yahweh, and also transferred the power of god to a man. Jesus. Jesus was now placed at the power seat at the right hand of his newly invented god and placed Yahweh in the right hemisphere of the brain, as shown in the art of the day as depicted by Michelangelo in his creation painting in the Vatican.

Islam then invented Allah, and so far, rightfully named him the last god to be invented. Foolish but true to date.

I see that search for a god as a search for the best laws and rules to live life by. After all, we cannot follow an imaginary god and can only follow the laws and rules that those imaginary gods has spoken, recognizing of course, that only a person can speak those laws and rules and that it was really a wise person who was uttering those words.

Gnostic Christians always saw those invented gods, specifically Yahweh, Jesus and Allah, as immoral and not worthy of us and that is why they named those gods as immoral and vile demiurges. This is not to say that those demiurges did not have some good policies but only says that a better god could and should be invented. Gnostic Christianity lost the god wars and was decimated the moment Christianity gained political power which they used to end freedom of religion.

Are immoral demiurges like Yahweh, Jesus and Allah, the best that mankind can come up with?

Why do you think we stopped inventing gods and settled for demonstrably immoral ones?

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DL

P.S. Gods are the opium of the people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6uEMOeDZsA

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Re: Why did we stop inventing gods?

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Unread post by anajmi » Sat Aug 13, 2016 4:01 pm

Occam's razor - The simplest explanation is that Man didn't invent God. The Quran is the last testament from God and Muhammad(saw) is the last messenger. It is pretty simple. Now that you have asked the question, it proves, that Islam is the last and final faith. If it had been man-made, as you said there would've been others, but since there aren't - occum's razor!!!!

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Re: Why did we stop inventing gods?

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Unread post by I Rizwan » Mon Aug 15, 2016 9:56 am

Deniers of GOD will never be at peace....admit GOD and you will be in eternal peace and blessings.

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Unread post by Greatest I am » Tue Nov 08, 2016 10:18 am

anajmi wrote:Occam's razor - The simplest explanation is that Man didn't invent God. The Quran is the last testament from God and Muhammad(saw) is the last messenger. It is pretty simple. Now that you have asked the question, it proves, that Islam is the last and final faith. If it had been man-made, as you said there would've been others, but since there aren't - occum's razor!!!!
Faith based speculative nonsense and you ignore the various interpretation that your holy books give on whet Mohammad said.

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Unread post by Greatest I am » Tue Nov 08, 2016 10:21 am

I Rizwan wrote:Deniers of GOD will never be at peace....admit GOD and you will be in eternal peace and blessings.
Yet what you would call Godless countries have fewer conflicts than those who follow Allah.

This link belies what you stated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdtwTeBPYQA

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Unread post by anajmi » Tue Nov 08, 2016 8:32 pm

Faith based speculative nonsense and you ignore the various interpretation that your holy books give on whet Mohammad said.
Considering you are getting your Islamic knowledge from picard and youtube, that makes me smart and greater than you.

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Re: Why did we stop inventing gods?

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Unread post by Greatest I am » Thu Nov 10, 2016 12:18 pm

Whatever you say.

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