![]() Is omnipotence necessary to create our universe when a larger, denser universe would have required more power? Why did a supposedly omnipotent god take six days to create the universe, and why did he require rest on the seventh day? If God is all knowing, then why did he make humans in the knowledge that he’d eventually have to send Jesus to his death? Why does God create people who he knows will end up in hell? An all-knowing God knows who will ultimately reject him. If God is all-knowing, why do holy books describe him as surprised or angered by the actions of humans? He should have known what was going to happen. An all-knowing God can read your mind, so why does he require you to demonstrate your faith by worshiping him? ![]() If organized religion requires a civilization in which to spread, how could this civilization exist without first having a moral code to make us civil? Do lions need a `god-given’ morality to understand how to care for their young, co-operate within a prides, or feel anguish at the loss of a companion? If not, why do we? Is that why ‘do not rape’ is not part of the Ten Commandments? Rape wasn’t always a crime in the Middle East two thousand years ago. If your interpretation of a holy book causes you to condemn your ancestors for having a different interpretation, will your descendants condemn you in the same way? If you are against the Crusades and the Inquisition, would you have been burned alive as a heretic during those events? When an atheist is kind and charitable out of the kindness of his heart, is his behavior more or less commendable than a religious man who does it because God instructed him to? If God told you to kill an atheist, would you? Would you find it easier to kill someone if you believed God supported you in the act? How can you tell the voice of God from the voice of the Devil? How can you tell the voice of God from a voice in your head? If people from the five major religions are each told conflicting information by their respective gods, should any of them be believed? If your parents had belonged to a different religion, do you think you would belong to that religion too? If a hundred different religions have to be wrong for yours to be right, does this show that people from all over the world like to invent gods that don’t exist?
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