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Originally Posted by ET2SN
C). If your God is so perfect, why does he/she/it constantly need money?  |
God doesn't need money nor is he the one who is asking for it. What does an omnipotent being have need for funding?
No that comes from humans and why it is constantly needed can be discerned by what they want to do with it. For example, feeding the poor is not a one time expenditure. As long as there are poor and downtrodden people in the world they will need to be fed and clothed and sheltered somehow.
I'm not saying that TV evangelists aren't complete Grifters for the most part (they are) but that doesn't mean all religious charity is a scam either. Some of the money does go to help those in need and i'd argue that religious charity, as flawed and self serving as it is, still does as good or better than any government program that has ever been created for the purpose.
To the thread topic in general: I am a believer in a Supreme Being but I am not a religious person (as in I belong to none of them). I believe that organized religion is mans attempt to explain the unfathomable, like little children trying to explain quantum mechanics. I think we humans just do not have the mental capacity to fully understand the concept of an omnipotent timeless God that has created the universe and everything within it.
On the other hand it seems to me that most non-believers walk around with a huge chip on their shoulders. They just don't seem to be able to communicate their lack of belief without being condescending and insulting. They are less tolerant for the beliefs of others than any religious zealot.