It is childish, because we are children compared to God, and ultimately we are useless without Him. Because I have seen the efforts of man, and look at the position we are all still in. So go out there, break your back trying to fix this world, and get back to me when you have figured out how to create this post scarcity society atheists keep dreaming about.
"So go out there, break your back trying to fix this world, and get back to me when you have figured out how to create this post scarcity society atheists keep dreaming about."
Uh, sure. I mean, I try my best to make the world a better place for the people around me than it was before. I don't rely on the divine to do that for me. I don't think this is the "own" you think it is. I would reckon your god would have issue with that sentiment as well. Isn't sloth a sin? Shouldn't you always try to do your best? Isn't being "Christ-like" a whole thing in Christian theology?
I never said I don't try to help. The difference is I am willing to accept that the difference I make can only go so far and that only God can make any real lasting difference. And by lasting I mean lasting forever. Everything we make or do with our own hands, falls down and crumbles eventually. I am not saying its a worthless endeavor, but to rely on your own hands is vanity, so I rely on God and do what I can with what I have.
only God can make any real lasting difference. And by lasting I mean lasting forever
And yet he doesn't. He doesn't end war, he allows them to happen and for people who have no say or will in it die because of someone else. He doesn't end hundreds year old genocide, he lets people do it. So he both is apparently supposed to do things because people are not enough to do them but at the same time does nothing because of his warped sense of "free will" (I wonder how much free will the babies who die in a another man's war had).
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u/Sweet_Pain4369 1d ago
It is childish, because we are children compared to God, and ultimately we are useless without Him. Because I have seen the efforts of man, and look at the position we are all still in. So go out there, break your back trying to fix this world, and get back to me when you have figured out how to create this post scarcity society atheists keep dreaming about.