Even when scientists explain their own works in completely concise and accurate manner, not a lot of people would understand, much less a general audience. — FLUX23
So let's hypothetically say God came to our world once again to clear up the confusion and misinterpretation. There are still going to be millions of people misinterpreting his words. — FLUX23
He is allowing the baby time to evolve itself so it can get beyond its terrible two's. The terrible two's of human AI is messing up the supercomputer of nature. When it reaches three, it will smooth out and the computer will work better for all. — wellwisher
That gives god the grand total of 0.0004 milliseconds to spend checking out each star system... — Devans99
You appear more concerned with some type of victory, not in some type of truth - I have no interest in continuing such a discussion — Rank Amateur
Now if you come back on your own word, and now claim that god doesn't as a fact, the burden of proof is on you, not me. Now it may be the case that god's message isn't clear enough to you, but that doesn't mean god isn't clearing it up. God acts through people, so me attempting to explain how it works, if succesfull, is god clearing it up. — Tomseltje
Yeah well, he's not. Unless he can break the rules of logic, he is never omnipotent because that will create numerous paradoxes. And if he can break logic, then we have no reason to believe him neither.If God cannot communicate to the humans he has created, in a concise and understood way, then he is not all-powerful. — chatterbears
In this sense, it is not much different.Also, people are not misinterpreting scientists, they are misunderstanding them.
6000 years old — wellwisher
Why doesn't God come down and clear up any misunderstandings and/or misinterpretations of his text? Why doesn't He tell us what he actually meant by these verses, and how to live by them? — chatterbears
Partly to allow free will. God will tell each individual through their conscience what He wants. They will not be forced to listen nor forced by unassailable texts. — EnPassant
Hm. Then it seems this God figure is no longer needed here. Falls out of the equation after a fashion. — jorndoe
Yes, I think you are agreeing with me here. The truth has been written down throughout religious texts. What is needed is not rigid dogma that is indisputably from God - that would impinge on free will. What is needed is a receptive reading of texts and God will show people what He wants them to understand. If we have a sincere desire for truth it will be given to us, either by religious texts, or by some other means. Texts are only an invitation to listen to God.But did that, by itself, remove free will...? Seems more like rendering degrees of doubt/conviction, than removing free will. — jorndoe
Yet you haven't cleared it up at all. So apparently God does not act through people, since you weren't successful, correct? Also, if God acts through people, he's done a horrible job. — chatterbears
It's like having a biologist send his 3 year old to explain evolution to a group of people. Either God doesn't exist, or he is really terrible at communicating things in a clear and concise manner. — chatterbears
Why doesn't God clear up confusion between believers who misinterpret his word?
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