"If God created the world, where was He before Creation?...Know that the world is uncreated, as time itself is, without beginning or end."
-Mahapurana
Hm, if time is without beginning or end, then it cannot be "uncreated". Apparently, this Mahapurana fellow is not familiar with what time is, and existentialist philosophy. Anyway, it is impossible for there to be nonexistence in the first place. If there was such a thing as non existence, then nonexistence would have to exist, therefore contradicting the meaning of nonexistence.
The universe is a self-consistent being in itself, constantly changing and forming new materials that create planetary objects and the like..
You are asserting that the universe is alive? If the universe could have always been, then what's to stop God from always being?
That book you Christians read..the Bible... Is nothing but a fictitional piece of literature that people read for moral, ethical, etc purpose
I suggest you get your facts straight. There have been multiple instances where historians have admitted that the historical references made in the bible are infact, true. That is, consistent with the history books. There have been quite a few documentaries concerning this on the History Channel. Though I could not find
exactly what I was looking for on the History Channel website ( ironically, I found an essay concerning the history of biblical archeaology), I found another site:
http://www.christiananswers.net/q-aiia/aiia-arch1.html
Note the author is a PhD archaologist. I believe his opinion must have some weight (as he has studied to the highest degree).
In fact, if you read the Bible as literal (as many people I know do--who happen to be narrow-minded fools),
Please don't generalize.
Some people do take some parts a little too literally(so literally, I wonder if there is any common sense left in this world...). The book of revelation for example recites Armegeddon (sp?). The whole book is entirely symbolic; to understand the symbolism, knowledge of ancient history, and thorough knowledge of the bible is extremely helpful.
While others do not take it literally. Almost every Christian I know do not take it literally because they are well educated.
whom I believe existed.. as a Rabbi--but certainly no Messiah.
Why do you believe this? A messiah, by the way, does not neccesarily have to have some sort of paranormal power. A messiah by definition is a "liberator, a savior". Someone who does save many people/animals can indeed be considered a messiah of sorts.
To restate, according to your logic: "whom I believe existed...as a [religious leader]--but certainly no [liberator]. Because there is no God..."
There have been many great leaders who have saved his/her people in history. Because by definition, a liberator (which is anologous with "messiah") is (this definiton is actually for the root word, liberate) "To set free, as from oppression, confinement, or foreign control." Take Hitler. He oppressed the Jews who resided in the premises of Germany. Then, with the help of the U.S. Americans, the Jews were freed. The U.S. Americans where the
liberators; the messiah.
When analyzed this way, your last statement "Because there is no God" is irrelavant to your aforementined statements.