> This is my first post to this group - be gentle. :-)
>I'd just like to share a little toy idea of mine. Suppose God did exist!?
>He/She/it would be bored shitless! What I'm trying to say, and maybe some
>of you christian types can help here, is "What's in creation for God?".
>Don't worry - I'll answer for you. You'll all say "he wants us to love
>him". But what sort of egomaniac would create beings to love him? And then
>say "if you don't love me - you'll burn in hell" - Talk about Mr. Nice guy.
>I'm no psychiatrist but isn't this sort of behaviour sound like he must be
>one sick puppy.
>I just love this mental image of God sitting at his Amiga 1000000 playing
>Sim-Universe - getting really bored - and turning it OFF!
>Have a nice day :-)
The good doctor Asimov wrote a short story that somewhat expressed this idea.He stated that the only thing a being, like the supposed God, would want is to
die. God then went about creating humans (and others) to help him think of a
way to do it. Good story - wish I rememebered the name.