Jumpin said:
I don't believe in either the big bang or the Biblical creationist theory. In fact, I see the Big Bang as creationism in disguise.
I don't see the Big Bang as a scientific theory because it is not fallible or testable in an experiment. It exists only as a weak interpretation of evidence, and makes up unobservable phenomena (Dark Energy and Dark Matter which account for 96% of the matter and energy in the Universe) to make the Big Bang theory work; these are as likely as a Christian God, because they were made-up by humans, but never observed by humans.
I also don't see the Abrahamic God as likely because even among the Abrahamic faiths and sub-faiths there are large disagreements. The holy scriptures were written for political reasons, and violate observed history if examined as a history. The God of the Jews resembles the God of the Christians even less than it does the God of the Muslims. The God of the Catholics does not resemble the God of the Bible. Even the Messiah of John's passages does not resemble the Jesus of others, even though they have a similar history. I think that allowing one single regime (Constantine I) to determine the Bible for all time is not something to put your faith in; those men were not good people, Constantine was a usurper and demagogue, a ruthless warmonger who raised armies which dwarfed those of Augustus and Julius Caesar, and conquered the known western world; who burned plundered from England to Asia. Over 270 Holy Christian books were rejected by him and his council, simply because they didn't agree with them; only 30 were accepted... Even though some are from different lines of thought. Christians generally accept John's Messiah and Jesus to be the same being - and Satan, Lucifer, and the Devil to all be the same being - but I find I can't even accept that. I don't think Satan as the prosecutor of humanity was evil, just an adversary who will show why people are not worthy of God. Lucifer (the morning star), the fallen angel, on the other hand, seems to be more the very concept of greed and hate which Satan obviously sees as bad traits - it should also be mentioned that Lucifer himself is a Roman-Christ Cult myth based on planet Venus.
On Jesus - I think that he is a personification deity, and that he exists to show love and empathy in the form of a human, to relate to humans. I do not think that he was meant to be a historical figure by the authors. If Jesus is love, then I can accept statements in the bible that essentially say that only through Jesus can one find true peace. As a simple historical deity for worship, that makes no sense to me. Many christians love Jesus and hate Satan... If that is the case, then why do they accept a Jesus in the Book of Revelation who takes on the role of Satan as the prosecutor of humanity?
If Jehova (or Yaweh) of the old testament resembles any god, he is more like a member of the Roman pantheon; a god who is more like a mythical character than a philosophical concept.
As for what to worship? Why not the Sun, the Earth, and their children? Afterall, the air that we breath, the food that we eat, the clear liquid water we drink, it is all because of those two objects. The sun is like a father who gives light and heat to the Earth who in turn gives birth to all the life on the planet. If you look at it this way: some of the Greek and Roman cults seem to be much more accurate than any religion we have today. In fact, many traditions in Christianity are owed to the Cult of Sol Invictus and Magna Mater which are just that concept, the Sun and the Earth.
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Jesus was observed by humans in His day. Jesus and Mary have appeared through the centuries to people to warn them and guide them.
Jesus in the end of times will only judge you by your actions. He and Satan (=devil, prince of lies, etc.) are different: the devil tempted Jesus to follow him and not God; to be ruler of the earth and not king in Heaven.
For jews, christians and muslims it is the same God. The difference is that only Christians accept Jesus as the son of God. It`s a question of faith.
Why does God appear to be different before and after Jesus, here`s something for your consideration - if i read you correctly:
"And some Pharisees came up to him, testing him, and began to question him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce a wife, saying, “Is it awful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause at all?”
And he answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?”
And they said. “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send Her away.”
And he answered and said, “Have you not read, that he who created them [but] from the beginning of creation made them male and female, and said, ‘for this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? Consequently they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”
They said to him, “Why then did Moses command to give her a certificate and send her away?” [But]
Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way. And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery “"
From what i have read it was a Catholic priest who gave birth to the Big Bang theory. And it seems to be supported by waves of radiation found in space. Can`t explain better than this since i don`t know more than that.
