11th March 2020, 7:34 AM
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(10th March 2020, 9:41 PM)1amayzingman Wrote: Sure, IF there was specifically an Abrahamic God then the world that we live in could still be possible. But that's only one of many possibilities. For example:
-What if there is no God?
-What if there is a God, but he prefers when people do evil acts and rewards them in the afterlife?
-What if there is a God, but he's a big nacho fan and only lets people into heaven who create a large amount of nachos in their life?
ect.
What exactly about the world we live in makes a God more likely than any other alternative?
This is similar to the question of why Islam, or Christianity or Judaism? What makes one religion the truth and the others false? That has to do with deeper studies into religion and history, and the use of unbiased, non-impulsive, deliberate intuition in choosing your faith. We know these three religions definitely had a common origin and stats from 2015 (from Pew Research Center) tell us that 4.11 billion people in the world currently follow an Abrahamic religion which was 56% of the world's population. Atheists and agnostics make up the next largest group - of 1.2 billion people. Hindus and Buddhists make up the rest of the 1.6 billion but do not proselytize and moreover, are cultural religions. Hence, we see a split between those who believe in Abrahamic religions and those who don't believe in God or are unsure. Why aren't there hundreds or even thousands of religions being widely followed? Why did a few religions take precedence in the entire world for at least 2000 years? Global history tells us that human patterns of thought and culture don't last that long. We're seeing less diversity in everything, sadly language as well, in this globalized world. However, Abrahamic religions have survived changing times unlike anything else and always had a macro-scale influence in the world. There's something for you to think about - what do these religions teach that enticed humanity, and perhaps was there with us since the beginning?
