Re: A Word from the Lord to Atheist, Agnostics, & Humanist-God probably does not exist.

"Prof. Mo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Thursday August 21, 2003 at 3:45 a.m., the Word of the Lord came to
> me saying, "Speak to the atheist, the agnostic and the humanist. You
> say that there is no God or do not acknowledge me. You believe that it
> is by your on hand and strength that you have prosperity, longevity,
> and good health. You don't acknowledge that it is I who gives you the
> power to get wealth. Although you do not acknowledge me, it is by my
> compassion, grace, and mercy that you have your sustenance and
> provision. It is because of my favor that your hand produces what you
> have destined it to do. Because of my love for you, however, I will
> hold back my favor and mercy so that you will see that it is not your
> strength that provides for you, but it is me that provides for you. I
> will demonstrate to you that I am the creator of all life and its
> sustainer. I will prove to you that without my favor and kindness, you
> are helpless. I will show you that it is because of my favor and
> kindness, you are able to achieve goals, fulfill plans, and do great
> feats. Although you hate me and despise me and give credit to yourself
> for your provisions, I still sustain you and provide for you and make
> you prosperous. It is not because people acknowledge me and serve me
> that I provide for them. I provide for people because of my own
> goodness and love for them. Therefore, repent of your prideful heart
> and turn away from the lies of the devil. Acknowledge that without
> God's favor you cannot succeed. Whether your deeds are evil or good,
> acknowledge that apart from me you can do nothing."


You probably don't even exist:

Several Reasons Why God Does Not Exist And All Religions Are Wrong

1.    No one has ever seen a god, ever.  Claims to the contrary are a hoax.
No evidence for the existence of a god has been found.

2.    We are made of subatomic particles, namely, quarks and electrons.
Rocks, the seas, and the air are made of just quarks and electrons.  These
particles were created by natural processes and are governed by physical
processes, namely forces, not by a god.  What we call life is just the
physical interaction between subatomic particles.  Religious notions that a
god gave us life are not needed.  Life is just an aggregate interaction of
large numbers of subatomic particles in a self-organizing way.  We are no
more important than the rocks.  We are just chemistry and physics in action;
there is no need to invoke a mystical god to explain life and even
consciousness.

3.    Humans are small in size and fleeting in time, therefore human beings
are insignificant in cosmic terms.  This means that even if there where a
God, he would not bother noticing the ultra-tiny life forms on a dust-speck
planet, such as our Earth.  We humans are microscopic even when compared
with the Earth; the Earth itself is microscopic when compared with our Solar
System.  The Solar System is microscopic when compared to our galaxy and our
galaxy is microscopic when compared to the known universe.  We humans have
only existed for a minute fraction of time as well; the universe is thought
to be 13.7 billion years old while recorded history is only about 5000 years
and a human life averages about 70 years.  If a God existed, he would pay
even less attention to us than we pay to a bacterium.  Religions often say
that man is of central importance, but basic cosmology now shows us that we
humans are not even important enough to be visible at cosmic scales.

4.    All religious doctrine is made up by man.  The Bible, the Koran, and
other religious teachings emanate from individual human beings, not from a
god.  All such religious orthodoxy stems from the wishful beliefs of
influential individuals.  There is no evidence that any of these teachings
came from a god.  Most of the world's religions disagree with each other on
the particular teachings of a hypothetical god, too.  Logically, only one
religion can possibly have it right.  By induction, it is probable that all
of them are completely wrong.

5.    Human fear of death and human self-importance motivate belief in
religion.  This is understandable because no one wants to die; we all hope
for an afterlife.  But humans are just animals, just like cats and dogs,
made up of the same chemicals that all the animals are.  We don't think that
dogs and cats (except for the ancient Egyptians) will experience an
afterlife, so we ought not think that we are somehow so different, either.
There is no life after death, no heaven, and no hell.  We are just
biological monstrosities evolved from the muck.  We did not experience a
'pre-life' before we were born; we will experience no afterlife once we die.

6.    If a Christian god existed, he would not have allowed so much evil to
exist in the world.  If the Christian god was omnipotent, he would have
prevented the medieval witch-burnings, the Inquisition, the Nazis and even
the 'Devil' from coming into being in the first place.

7.    Artificial life from basic chemical constituents can now be created.
Artificial viruses, which are alive, can be created by man using mere
chemicals.  A god is not needed to bestow life.

8.    The origin of the known universe probably was a natural process that
did not require the existence of a god.  Modern physics has not pinned this
down, but most of the ideas generated by this field posit natural phenomena
as reasons for the existence of the known universe.
It is possible that a 'god,' as it were, created our universe, but there is
no evidence supporting that hypothesis at this time.  It is more probable
that the existence of our universe is explained by natural physical
phenomena, such as the quantum fluctuation hypothesis.


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