Meditation 164
Excuses for God
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Reasons to believe:
- because I said so;
- because God talks to me and told me to preach his message;
- because that man over there said so;
- because that woman on television said so;
- because that man on television who God talks to said so;
- because that man who is now dead said so;
- because that woman who died for her belief said so;
- because we will kill you if you don't believe;
- because you will be punished severely after you die if you don't believe;
- because they teach it in the church I go to;
- because your mother and father said so;
- because your grandfather / grandmother / great-grandfather / great great great great... ...great great great grandfather said so;
- because the person you want to marry says so;
- because everyone says so;
- because the king said so;
- because the king who rules by divine right said so;
- because the queen who rules by hereditary divine right is also head of the church;
- because the Apocalypse is coming, the Apocalypse is coming, the Apocalypse is coming.....
- because the end is nigh;
- because God is written on our money;
- because God is referred to in our constitution;
- because God is mentioned in our National Anthem;
- because God is included in our Pledge of Allegiance;
- because it is the law of our country;
- because there is some stuff we don't understand, so God is the cause;
- because even if they find reasons for stuff we don't understand, there will be other stuff we don't understand, so God is the cause;
- because even if they find reasons for stuff we don't understand, they will be wrong, and God is still the cause;
- because this book says so;
- because this book inspired by God says so;
- because this it is written in this book that it was inspired by God and God doesn't lie;
- because if you believe, you are good;
- because if you don't believe, you are evil;
- because we aren't competent to decide what is right and wrong, and we need a God to tell us;
- because sometimes things we wish for come true;
- because sometimes good things happen;
- because the sky is blue.
Reasons not to believe
- No-one can provide a rational reason[1] to believe.
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