Why did god make bisexual animals?

But the universe does have a beginning.

Actually, science has gone quite a long way in explaining it. The start of time as we knw it, is the big bang. This will probably be simple enough for you: http://www.big-bang-theory.com/

As for simplicity. I think you will find it goes.

Benevolent, omnipotent creator.
Creator
Creation

Declaring that the universe is 'created' by something which you seek to personify just makes things even more complicated. Questions arise such as who created the creator? Why did the creator create etc..etc.. And you cannot escape these questions. You have already said youself that something cannot just come into existence without cause, so you ahve to explain how the creator did. So you can see how this explanation is so much more complicated than the simple creation explanation.



Oh like christianity? A religion which tells africans condoms are evil, which in turn helps to spread one of the most deadly and indiscriminate viruses around Africa, or maybe we can discusss the vast cabal of child rapists and abusers which have been exposed to exist withing the highest echelons of the faith, despite it's attempts to protect them. Maybe we can focus on christianities war of genocide against the Muslims in Bosnia and the former Yugoslavia? The horrors of christian misssionary around the world, the inquisition and so on and so forth.

Or maybe Judaism? A religion which along with it's Islamic cousin is threatening WW3 in the west bank and Jerusalem. Where it's adherrents want to knock down someones holy building to build their own holy building because God told them to?

Or amybe their evangelical supporters who only do so, because they think that they are hastening the apocalypse? Hence the prophecy, when all the Jews are dead or enslaved the messiah will return and bring about the reckoning etc..etc..

People actually really believe these things and will stop at nothing to make them happen.

And that is just two thirds of the abrahamic faith. You said above you aren't defending Islam, so i didn't list the horrors which eminate from that faith. but i could if you want me to? I don't see how it would help your argument though?



I have said it before i will say it again. Assertions made with no evidence can be dismissed in the same way.

I wonder, would all those thousands of priests and bishops have been child rapists if they werent forced to become virgins?

Would the pope have indirectly killed millions if he hadn't been a chrisitan Would he still have spread the word around Africa that condoms are evil? Would he still have condemned millions of children to die needlesly of aids?



LOL Socialism was a religion in itself. Centered around an all powerfull leader, whos name could not be taken in vain, and around whom was created a cult, much the same as that which exists around religious leaders or profits. We could look at North Korea now, where the glorioous leader was said to be born of a virgin, and that when he was born, all of the birds began singing in Korean. If that is your idea of a secular and non religious society then i suggest you do some reading.




What book! You keep talking about 'the book' what book is this?




I live my life by rules and morals such as you should not kill. And that is final. You live your life by rules and morals such as thou shalt not kill...unless god tellls you to.

Only in the curent ''cycle''. Who knows that multiple univeres may exist or that there may have been a previous universe before the big bang. From the Vedas it says the universe has been created again and again, and anhilated after each birth, again and again.

Ok,, and why would that suggest that a creator exists?

Presumably your asking why would a you need a God if the universe is eternal. Well since I derive my opinion from religious texts, it is said that the universe is an illusion, or a meere reflection of God. The only thing that is real is the absolute creator. The universe is akin to a dream, where the body producing it is needed to sustain the dream otherwise the dream wouldn't exist.

Since I already believe in a creator, this makes most sense to me if there actually was a God. The explanations that this universe was created only once by a God who is seperate from it and sends people to hell after one lifetime was not as plausible

Sorry, but Genesis 1:1 says that the universe was created, not that it was/is eternal. Exactly what religious texts are you referring to?

Presumably your asking why would a you need a God if the universe is eternal. Well since I derive my opinion from religious texts, it is said that the universe is an illusion, or a meere reflection of God. The only thing that is real is the absolute creator. The universe is akin to a dream, where the body producing it is needed to sustain the dream otherwise the dream wouldn't exist.

Again, occams razor, negates the uneccesary explanation for the universe you have come up with.

I'm referring to The Vedas (Hinduism)

The pope spreads that word that abstinence is good, among a religious and superstitious population. Which is all well and good. But then he says that condoms are evil! The bishops in Africa spread the word that condoms cause aids! And you are calling me retarded! Your arguments have gone from simply ridiculous, to near hysterical.



this should be good...



No, the leaders of socialism who sought to exploit the massess used religion in order to gain a higher level of control. If people have to replace it with something, then explain tha peace and advancement which exists in secular and growing athiest western society. Namels Europe?



What else can you possibly think of, that would make a man with a family think it was ok to fly a passenger plane into a building? I can't think of anything other than a god promising eternal life.



That was evidence! " That was unbased assumption, something you employ alot. And i put it you once more, that if charity excuses evil. Then you should not have a problem with the Jihad of Hamas, after all, they do alot of charity work in Gaza, they feed, shelter and home those who do not have it. They claim to do this by the grace of God.


(I notice you have dropped the argument against science. I didn' think you would be able to keep that up)

You have it all wrong. If they are going to follow the pope then they cannot just choose the part that says 'no condoms' and put to oneside the part that says 'get married and do not cheat'. If they weren't sleeping around like crazy and they weren't wearning condoms then AIDS wouldn't have gotten nearly as far.

I'm not trying to be a prat or anything (anymore). Seriously, if you admit that the scriptures of other world religions are historically accurate and thus correct, then you're saying their beliefs are true. That is what you're saying. If you think that is not the meaning of what you've been saying, then you're mistaken.

I see you lack a bit of knowledge about the interpretations of religious texts. First of all I said some texts are historically correct. In these texts, events that show divine intervention happened (I'm talking about Abrahamic religions here). That doesn't mean that all Religions are good. It just a way to show that these religions are on the right track and that their bases aren't unfounded. For example I'm Catholic. That doesn't mean I consider Islam teachings to be all wrong. I disagree on some and agree on others. I consider Catholicism to be better but Islam is still on the right track. Also you seem to think that God will only interact with those upon the right decision which is also wrong. We believe God interacted with atheists and murders and many others and converted them.

Wrong, the majority of the history the holy scriptures were based on are for the most part false and factually inaccurate. It is widely accepted now that Exodus is fiction, and has a basis in Ancient Egyption myth. As for the story of Jesus, there are so many historical falsaties that i do not know where to begin, his story and tale was created to fit the prophecy made concerning the messiah 800 years before. Everything, from the fabrication concerning his birth in Bethlehem, to the census ordered by Augustus which is recorded by no Roman historian. The only record concerning any kind of census is that of a Jewish historian who said it took place six years after Jesus birth, and two years after Herod's death. Thats not even taking into consideration the fact that the roman officials who were said to govern palestine at the time, were not the roman officials who actually were. I could go on and on and on....

Not to mention the fact, as the other user says above. If you are going to judge plausability by historical accuracy, then you must accept that what is said in the Qu'ran, Talmud, Iliad, Vedas etc...etc.. Alot of which contradict and falsify your own.

Since people who don't believe in God are generally fans of evolution, I'd like to ask this:
Why did evolution result in homosexual/bisexual animals?