It's not at all preposterous for parents to want their children to
love them. But for those who missed the points Heinlein was making:

-Stipulating a creator of this entire world in all its complexity, and
the other myriad worlds large and small in this solar system, plus the
sun, and the four hundred million other suns (some with planets) in
the Milky Way galaxy, and the other millions of galaxies in the
universe.... the relationship between a purported creator and a
microspeck person on this speck called Earth would not be described by
"parent and child." "Person and molecule" or "person and atom" are
much closer to reality (person to subatomic particle is probably even
closer).

When was the last time you wanted the particular chromium atom that's
at the very tip of the last thumbtack you used to love you? Probably
not something that happens very often.

-According to the bible, Yahweh got so ticked-off at a couple of
cities of people that he torched 'em. Except for Lot and his family.

Do you get angry when you feel that the few millions of iron atoms at
the tip of the threading tool aren't properly adoring of you? Ever
been so ticked-off at the oxygen atoms on the top of your beer bottle
that you wanted to destroy those atoms? (Except for the five or six
that do your bidding.) No, I didn't think so.

I do not expect to convince anyone of anything in particular with this
discussion; it is awfully tough to take an objective look at any
religion, whether it be the one you grew up with or the myriad
religions outside that one. But I thought a little perspective was in
order.


On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 20:03:09 -0600, "RogerN" wrote:

A lot of people want their children to love them, is that so preposterous?
A lot of parents enjoy giving their children things that they want. Ol Bob
Heiny just took the long way to say he doesn't know squat about God or the
Bible. :-)

RogerN

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.. .
"The most preposterous notion that H. sapiens has ever dreamed up is
that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of all the Universes,
wants the saccharine adoration of His creatures, can be swayed by
their prayers, and becomes petulant if He does not receive this
flattery. Yet this absurd fantasy, without a shred of evidence to
bolster it, pays all the expenses of the oldest, largest, and least
productive industry in all history." -- Robert Heinlein