johnboylan - 03 January 2012 03:43 PM
Bah Humbug to these responses.
You know, no one denies that governments encrypt messages into seemingly normal letters etc. But to even approach the idea that a God did this so threatens peoples sense of security that they can’t take it. I thought i was dealing with adults who would have a serious conversation on this site… guess I was wrong.
John B
There is no nice way to put this, but that is an absurd response. First, we have to establish hard evidence that “God” exists, then we have to wonder why a supernatural, mind blowing, all knowing, sentient being would send us obscure,banal messages in code - why doesn’t God just give us the message telepathically, or use some other overwhelming means of communication? The idea that our “sense of security” is violated by your truth bringing, so we cling to our disbelief even more is childish, and has nothing to do with serious conversation.