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I heard a somewhat novel argument advanced today as yet another god-botherer tried to convince me I was trippin' by rejecting the notion of an almighty, etc. Thus spake this one (paraphrasing): God is neither good nor bad, neither just nor unjust, replete with neither goodness nor evil. He just IS. He gives to all precisely what they require to be able to progress on the path to knowing him. There is no point in praying to him or beseeching him because he is not there to listen to and answer petitions but to evaluate deeds.

Well, it got me thinking, only because it is so much more intelligent than the usual spiel propounded by the god-freaks: "You have to do X, Y and Z because god wants you to. How do I know? He said so. Where? In the [Torah, Bible, Qur'an, etc.]. How do I know it's for real? Why, because the [Torah, Bible, Qur'an, etc.] says so!" Ah, the original petitio principii!

Anyway, so I cogitated a full ten seconds on the postulate aforesaid before it dawned on me just how great a pile of bullshit it was. God is there to evaluate deeds? According to what criteria, if I may? "He" gives a life ranging from a crappy ten-second-long existence to a baby somewhere in Africa to a 90-year-long life of sumptuousness and luxury to a guy in America. Some people cruise through life with nary an upheaval whereas others go through unimaginable traumas and privation on a daily basis.

Would one sine qua non of any god not be that he/she/it/they be EQUITABLE? Is the enormous disparity in the qualities of life past, present and future on earth not precisely the OPPOSITE of equitable? Is it hence equitable to JUDGE people who are playing totally different games by the same rules? Or are the rules different according to the quality of life endowed? If so, why: Is THAT equitable?

Sorry but, try as you might, there is no logical or material evidence of the existence of a supernatural intelligent being, which is in constant and active interaction with the world. It may exist - absence of evidence is not evidence of absence - but given that our daily lives are devoid of an impact of its existence, its existence itself is, for all intents and purposes, immaterial.

Q.E.D.

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