Humans Invented God

[dogsmycopilot]

People believe it.... and those people sometimes talk to me about it. I guess, in part, I feel an obligation to at least try to help them. I'm a compassionate person. But I'm afraid I wouldn't get very far with many of them if I were to bluntly dismiss their assertions as ridiculous self-serving delusions, without any further explanation.

That's something I have long since dropped as being pointless. Rather like teaching pigs to sing- it wastes your time and annoys the pig. More power to you if you can do it, but not an exercise I can take on.

[elliebean]

It certainly feels pointless and maybe it is, in most cases. The thing that's always in the back of my mind during these debates is the fact that, even if I do influence the person's thinking, I won't necessarily see the results. It can take a while for this influence to make a real impact on their ability to believe in magical thinking. It might even take an event in their life leading to a crisis of faith before the process takes effect. It did for me. And when it did I was so grateful to the few people who had "wasted" their time trying to get through to me in the past, though there was no way they could know it. I wish I'd been able to thank them.

[happynewyear]

Maybe you should wider your scope.

Good idea. I'll try to "wider" it.

Yes, sorry about the spelling mistake, it should have read "Maybe you should widen your scope".
But in response to your original post, of course humans invented, the word "god" and the concept "god".

[i_am_i]

Maybe you should wider your scope.

Good idea. I'll try to "wider" it.

Yes, sorry about the spelling mistake, it should have read "Maybe you should widen your scope".
But in response to your original post, of course humans invented, the word "god" and the concept "god".

My scope is pretty wide actually. It used to be a lot wider but that was back when I was a young crazy person, a long time ago. Now my wife refuses to let me have a bottle of Jack Daniels in the house, except for Christmas and then I only get to have a half-pint.

And that's about the best I can do in response to your post, other than to point out that comma that shouldn't be there.

[Faradaympp]

What a coincidence, my signature states this point exactly,