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how does the fact that thousands-millions of gods have faded into obscurity not ring with the religious?
i seriously cant understand how you could ignore it
it is not complicated
insight?

private

private wrote:how does the fact that thousands-millions of gods have faded into obscurity not ring with the religious?
i seriously cant understand how you could ignore it
it is not complicated
insight?

private

Can you name them?

Otherwise I would contend that there were far fewer Gods, it's just that some Gods had many names, but still "thousands of millions" seems a bit much.

Also, why should we regard so many false Gods, when there is only one true God.

private wrote:how does the fact that thousands-millions of gods have faded into obscurity not ring with the religious?
i seriously cant understand how you could ignore it
it is not complicated
insight?

private

Some of them think that the world started 4004BC, and god chose only the Jews at first then changed his mind about 2000 years ago, and welcomed the guys that think being nailed to a cross was a great idea.

thedoc wrote:

private wrote:how does the fact that thousands-millions of gods have faded into obscurity not ring with the religious?
i seriously cant understand how you could ignore it
it is not complicated
insight?

private

Can you name them?

Otherwise I would contend that there were far fewer Gods, it's just that some Gods had many names, but still "thousands of millions" seems a bit much.

Also, why should we regard so many false Gods, when there is only one true God.

For 40,000 years the people of Australia lived and died sinners, without ever hearing about the one true god.
Did he not think they were worth it?

private wrote:how does the fact that thousands-millions of gods have faded into obscurity not ring with the religious?
i seriously cant understand how you could ignore it
it is not complicated
insight?

Why should the fading-into-obscurity of gods that were not compelling matter to those who follow compelling god(s)? Put differently, if monotheists are right, and there's only One God, then it makes perfect sense that thousands-millions of other (false) gods have faded into obscurity. In fact, that could actually be taken as evidence of the truth of monotheism. The obscurity of these other gods is irrelevant to the religionist if they were simply myths and not actual god(s).

private wrote:how does the fact that thousands-millions of gods have faded into obscurity not ring with the religious?
i seriously cant understand how you could ignore it
it is not complicated

If it's not complicated why do you then ask the question?

HexHammer wrote:

private wrote:how does the fact that thousands-millions of gods have faded into obscurity not ring with the religious?
i seriously cant understand how you could ignore it
it is not complicated

If it's not complicated why do you then ask the question?

because i cant understand the illogical ignorance

private wrote:

HexHammer wrote:

private wrote:how does the fact that thousands-millions of gods have faded into obscurity not ring with the religious?
i seriously cant understand how you could ignore it
it is not complicated

If it's not complicated why do you then ask the question?

because i cant understand the illogical ignorance

Then it's not simple for you, but it's actually very simple and you don't understand it.

Do you cry each day and all day for all those who die of starvatyion, muder, suicide and due to all kinds of other things? ..no?
So why would religious care about other gods?

You have a weird sense of logic.

Who told you? All the saints of catholic church are the ancient gods.
One saint, one god.

HexHammer wrote:

private wrote: You have a weird sense of logic.

thank you for trying to answer the original question

HexHammer wrote:

private wrote:

HexHammer wrote: because i cant understand the illogical ignorance

Then it's not simple for you, but it's actually very simple and you don't understand it.

Do you cry each day and all day for all those who die of starvatyion, muder, suicide and due to all kinds of other things? ..no?
So why would religious care about other gods?

You have a weird sense of logic.

If an omnipotent God stands by whilst millions of people die, suffer, and presumably go to Hell having never heard about the 'one true god", that implies that God is either impotent, stupid, or evil.
It's your lack of imagination that is weird.

David Handeye wrote:Who told you? All the saints of catholic church are the ancient gods.
One saint, one god.

The world is a big place, and Catholicism has only been around for a very short time.

What about the millions of other people following the wrong god? What happens to them?
Why does god seem impotent about their salvation?

Hobbes' Choice wrote:

David Handeye wrote:Who told you? All the saints of catholic church are the ancient gods.
One saint, one god.

The world is a big place, and Catholicism has only been around for a very short time.

What about the millions of other people following the wrong god? What happens to them?
Why does god seem impotent about their salvation?

In fact. But this is the hypocrisys, or in any correct way it should be written, of religions.

Hobbes' Choice wrote:

HexHammer wrote: Do you cry each day and all day for all those who die of starvatyion, muder, suicide and due to all kinds of other things? ..no?
So why would religious care about other gods?

You have a weird sense of logic.

If an omnipotent God stands by whilst millions of people die, suffer, and presumably go to Hell having never heard about the 'one true god", that implies that God is either impotent, stupid, or evil.
It's your lack of imagination that is weird.

I believe it is the teaching that those who do not know Christ are viewed as an innocents, and will not be condemmed.

thedoc wrote:

Hobbes' Choice wrote:

HexHammer wrote: Do you cry each day and all day for all those who die of starvatyion, muder, suicide and due to all kinds of other things? ..no?
So why would religious care about other gods?

You have a weird sense of logic.

If an omnipotent God stands by whilst millions of people die, suffer, and presumably go to Hell having never heard about the 'one true god", that implies that God is either impotent, stupid, or evil.
It's your lack of imagination that is weird.

I believe it is the teaching that those who do not know Christ are viewed as an innocents, and will not be condemmed.

What does "not condemned" mean? Surely that makes a mockery of the whole system.
And as I am an atheist but what happens to me, having rejected god?