Many religions claim that this life on Earth is not "real" but simply a test by God to see if we would do all the correct rituals, say all the right words and prayers, and be obedient to God. (I.e., to do what they say God says.) However, there is a fundamental and fatal flaw with this assertion, namely:
If this life is a test, why would God give anyone answers before it's all over?
If we assume, for a moment, they are right and God did set up the Earth, all life on this planet, and all of human history for all time simply as a VR test of faith, why then would it make any sense for God to give some people the answers. Many zealots would claim that God simply selects "chosen ones" to get an easy ride into heaven because of some inherent goodness in the person, but all this proves is that God is UNJUST and is undermining his own scheme.
If there is some other way for God to decide that his "chosen people" get to have all the answers that will get them into heaven, what is the point in even having them on Earth at all?
If it this life is a test to see how "good" of a person you are, how is showing you exactly what God wants you to do fair to our fellow test-takers? How does this not destroy the whole reason for testing us in the first place? If there really are "answers" or "hints" God wanted to give us, why doesn't he just give them to all of us? Wouldn't it make much more sense that a just and loving god would give all of humanity an equal chance? Claiming that God is giving YOU answers that no other group has is tantamount to calling God "unjust" and "unfair."
Surely if God has any power at all, let alone omnipotence, he could easily find a way to unambiguously give all of humanity the same information and chance at heaven.
The obvious answer is it is a scam.
Religions promise that God has told them to give you all the answers. That if you just follow what THEY tell you to do, you will easily pass the test God has given us all in this life. Isn't it CONVENIENT that all the money they ask from you is given to them NOW but the blessing they promise are only given AFTER YOU ARE DEAD? It will be pretty impossible for you to call them out on it if they do screw you over. The perfect scam! And one that has been run on millions, if not billions, of people throughout human history.
As an atheist it is these many, MANY, instances of theistic religions attributing to God so many despicably unjust, unfair, cruel, and evil motives and actions which proves themselves false. If there is a God, it is blatantly obvious that organized religion does not know Him, or they would not go to so extreme lengths to paint Him as such a cruel, unjust, petty, and hypocritical tyrant.
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