Zeus does not in fact exist, so it does not matter, any more than if the God of the bible does not exist. Of course if he did exist that would change things no? Perhaps there would be a different moral standard to follow.
I was not aware that you thought that there was such a thing as a soul. How could something that does not exist be immortal, and if it did why would it necessarily be so? If we are talking about matter, then I think that flies in the face of what we know about cause and effect. Logically there are only two alternatives. Either matter is eternal or it came into being at some point. The second law of thermodynamics and the expanding universe, seem to lead to the second alternative. If the universe is an effect, then logically there is a cause to that effect. Unless there is an eternal regression then at some point you will come to the first cause, which again logically, must be uncaused and self sufficient. If that uncaused, self sufficient, first cause, is also personal then you have what is described in the bible as GOD! If that God is also moral, then we have an ultimate and unchanging standard whereby we can gauge moral behavior. If that personal, moral, creator God then made creatures with the capacity to communicate, then He might also be desirous to communicate with them, telling them who and what He is, and what he expects from us as creatures. Therefore it would seem to me that while we need Him, He does not need us. |
