Personally, i believe there are natural cycles to existence, and i also believe that the Divine (what i shorthand with the phrase "the Goddess") both pervades and transcends this universe. To the extent that trying to postpone death indefinitely is trying to push against the natural cycles of the Goddess, yes, i would say that "God wants us to die" - in the same way a mountain 'wants' water to flow down it, rather than up it. In other words, i regard death as a natural outcome of the characteristics of the underlying behaviour of existence.
Yes. I'm atheist myself, but my daughter (having a Catholic mother and having heard some Easter stories at school) was certainly thinking of the Christian God. I thought it was an interesting philosophical question. But for her, my answer was pretty close to what you've said here. Which I pretty much conform to also, although without an "entity".
But, having said that, my favourite science writer, Prof Paul Davies, in various books, has basically said that scientifically, the idea of some sort of creator, cannot be discounted (so maybe I'm agnostic). He's a fabulous writer of cutting edge physics and astronomy, if you haven't already discovered btw.
Well, heh, in terms of what the Christian God wants: i regard the Christian God as one aspect of the Divine. An aspect that is basically a three-old who thinks that he's the centre of the universe, demands that everyone do things his way, and throws destructive temper tantrums when people don't. :-)
i know of Paul Davies, but have never got around to reading his stuff - maybe i'll get to it, someday, someday . . . .
Personally, i believe there are natural cycles to existence, and i also believe that the Divine (what i shorthand with the phrase "the Goddess") both pervades and transcends this universe. To the extent that trying to postpone death indefinitely is trying to push against the natural cycles of the Goddess, yes, i would say that "God wants us to die" - in the same way a mountain 'wants' water to flow down it, rather than up it. In other words, i regard death as a natural outcome of the characteristics of the underlying behaviour of existence.
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But, having said that, my favourite science writer, Prof Paul Davies, in various books, has basically said that scientifically, the idea of some sort of creator, cannot be discounted (so maybe I'm agnostic). He's a fabulous writer of cutting edge physics and astronomy, if you haven't already discovered btw.
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i know of Paul Davies, but have never got around to reading his stuff - maybe i'll get to it, someday, someday . . . .
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