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Even if god exists religion can't possibly be the way to god (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by bi_tux@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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So I thought about this in the shower amd it makes sense to me, like praying and stuff never worked for most people I know, so a direkt link to god gotta be unlikely. That made me conclude that religion is probably fake, no matter if there's a god or not. Also people speaking to the same god being given a different set of rules sounds stupid, so at least most religions must be fake.

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[–] RadicalEagle@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think if god exists it would design a system that would lead you to it if you wanted to find it. In which case religion wouldn't have to be the only way to find god.

But I suppose I should ask what do you mean by the "way to god"?

[–] bi_tux@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I mean the way to find god, to know if he really exists and if so benefit from his existance

[–] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 7 points 5 months ago

Religion can't do even that.

[–] RadicalEagle@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Ah... Yeah. Idk. If I was god I'd make it so anyone who wanted to find me could find me through any path regardless of where they started at. Assuming "god" exists and is at least that benevolent then there's nothing to worry about regardless of your religion.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Ah.

That leads into my thinking of why it frankly doesn't matter whether god exists or not. Either way, we would be unable to know one way or the other, and hence concerning ourselves with the question is inherently wasted effort.

It's like asking what is behind the edge of the universe. It does not matter. By definition we cannot perceive or interact with it, as the very concepts that make up our space of perception and interaction terminate at the edge. Likewise if there did exist a higher metaphysical entity, by definition it would exist outside of our sphere of perception and interaction, and hence it is exactly the same for us whether it does exist or not.

Or, to quote Futurama: