Since last time I had a genius thought and I didn't have access to writing material nothing has changed. Each time I seat here to write... I don't have anything to write. Why is that? Maybe it is because I think I need to spew out genius each time I write and that feeling prevents me from the free thinking that is necessary for the genius to flow.
Today I was talking to Ehsan about god's omnipotence. He believes that the purpose of mankind on this earth is to become 'better." That from the time of the Big Bang, to particles in the space to molecules, to cells, then to few cells, then to jelly fish then to fish then to people coming out of the sea to walk and finally the modern man, the goal of all this evolution has been to become "better." In that respect, education (which I think he really means Knowledge) is one tool that allows mankind to be "better" and therefore to evolve. According to Ehsan, in order to believe in this there must be two fundamental givens: That there is a god and that there is a higher spirit.
He says that everything that promotes the "betterment" of mankind or getting close to the godlike state which is the goal, will be considered as "good" and all that prevents the achievement of that closeness with greatness will be considered as "bad." For example, a cop who prevents people from murdering each other is "good" and therefore we have cops. Also, when a cop kills then that is "bad" and that is why the society will hate that cop because he has not contributed to the "betterment" of the society by preventing its move toward that "greatness" by having killed someone.
He says that there are three attributes to the godlike greatness towered which the mankind's evolution is inevitably headed. Those are omnipotence, omniknowing, omnigoodness. I asked him whether he believes that god is omnipotent? Having said yes, I proposed to him that the notion of omnipotence is a self defeating notion--that is for example: 'Can god create a rock so heavy that he cannot lift it." Having heard the question, he posed for an inordinate amount of time before answering "yes." Although I believe he understood the concept of the dilemma the omnipotence of god can create to those who advocate that concept, he continued by saying that: "for the first 10 minutes god will not be able to lift the rock but once that has passed, then god will be able to lift that rock." I am still puzzled...
Today I was talking to Ehsan about god's omnipotence. He believes that the purpose of mankind on this earth is to become 'better." That from the time of the Big Bang, to particles in the space to molecules, to cells, then to few cells, then to jelly fish then to fish then to people coming out of the sea to walk and finally the modern man, the goal of all this evolution has been to become "better." In that respect, education (which I think he really means Knowledge) is one tool that allows mankind to be "better" and therefore to evolve. According to Ehsan, in order to believe in this there must be two fundamental givens: That there is a god and that there is a higher spirit.
He says that everything that promotes the "betterment" of mankind or getting close to the godlike state which is the goal, will be considered as "good" and all that prevents the achievement of that closeness with greatness will be considered as "bad." For example, a cop who prevents people from murdering each other is "good" and therefore we have cops. Also, when a cop kills then that is "bad" and that is why the society will hate that cop because he has not contributed to the "betterment" of the society by preventing its move toward that "greatness" by having killed someone.
He says that there are three attributes to the godlike greatness towered which the mankind's evolution is inevitably headed. Those are omnipotence, omniknowing, omnigoodness. I asked him whether he believes that god is omnipotent? Having said yes, I proposed to him that the notion of omnipotence is a self defeating notion--that is for example: 'Can god create a rock so heavy that he cannot lift it." Having heard the question, he posed for an inordinate amount of time before answering "yes." Although I believe he understood the concept of the dilemma the omnipotence of god can create to those who advocate that concept, he continued by saying that: "for the first 10 minutes god will not be able to lift the rock but once that has passed, then god will be able to lift that rock." I am still puzzled...
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