We should mock Carson's pyramid theory? - It reveals a very dim view of humankind & god.

[kpete]

Ben Carson Thinks You’re the Crazy One
Ana Marie Cox


You can see the “thug” tale as self-aggrandizing, but to me it is strangely self-denying—on some level, a kind of blasphemy. In making up a story filled with drama, he has failed to credit God for the original and true, if subtle, miracle within Carson: that a soft-spoken, nerdy young man born in inner Detroit did not have to become a thug at some point, that he was wise and respectful of his own potential without needing God to perform a parlor trick.

I believe that God will do for me what I cannot do for myself, but I also know He won’t do for me what I can do for myself—and my daily miracle is the extent to which His original gifts to me allow me to not call upon Him for specific, material intervention in my life.

I think it cheapens the idea of miracles to think that humans needed one to create the pyramids, or that Carson needed one to put his life on the right track. It speaks to a lack of faith in humans—and, in some sense, God. His creation is so much more awe inspiring than Carson seems to realize.


MORE:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/08/ben-carson-thinks-you-re-the-crazy-one.html

[longship]

1. Rubbish. Such beliefs deserve only utter ridicule.

And it presumes a god, which more and more people realize does not exist. And most certainly is a vanishing entity.

[kpete]

2. my understanding of god

is that as a human, i can never have one (an understanding that is)

personally, that does not mean there is not some super-natural forces out there.....
it just means as a human, i do not have the capacity to understand or even imagine that force.



peace,
kp

[longship]

4. I would agree, my friend.

However, I take prior plausibility into consideration as well as the vast and mutually exclusive god beliefs on the planet. Plus, then there's what we know that outright falsifies many religious claims.

So, I am a bit more skeptical of anybody making such claims. But I do so respectfully... usually.

My best to you. I understand and respect your position.


But Carson's claims deserve only ridicule.

[FSogol]

3. When Carson says God, is he speaking of Ra, The Sun god?

[Lizzie Poppet]

6. Maybe the Aten.

I mean...that's where Moses cribbed monotheism.

[ryan_cats]

5. Forget

Forget humanity and god, it mocks an understanding of architectural anthropology.