Thats the/a difference between human and animal.. Animals can't conceive of God.. Humans evolved to believe in God, IF they evolved at all.. They may have been MADE that way.. Which IS MY POINT..
Indeed dear 'pipe, I think this observation is true. The ability to conceive of God may signify a kind of intellectual "index" that marks the boundary between animal and human consciousness. It's easy to believe in what can be seen (directly accessed via sense perception). Animals do this all the time. It is perhaps the mark of distinctively human intelligence that we can grasp the "unseen things" that are operative in our world, especially including divine reality. Animals, of course, cannot do this.
In any case, man has understood himself in relation to God from time immemorial -- until it became "fashionable" to try to "pick Him off" in more recent times....
Thank you so much for writing, dear 'pipe!
“Animals can’t conceive of God.”
I don’t know what animals can conceive.
“Humans evolved to believe in God...”
How can you support this statement other than through circular reasoning?
That's the/a difference between human and animal.. Animals can't play a PlayStation 2..Humans evolved to play a PlayStation2, IF they evolved at all.. They may have been MADE that way.. Which IS MY POINT..
“Thats the/a difference between human and animal.. Animals can’t conceive of God.. Humans evolved to believe in God, IF they evolved at all.. They may have been MADE that way.. Which IS MY POINT.”
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Humans are animals, by the way. But, OK, humans(unlike OTHER animals) are superstitious. Did “God” “make” humans that way? Or do humans invent “God” (and the Devil, and angels, and miracles etc.) as just another form of superstitious belief? I vote for the latter.