The Face of God

Quote from the article:

"Independent ratings suggest that, as predicted, perceptions of God’s face are shaped by egocentrism," the authors write in the study, published in PLOS One.

"Older participants saw an older God, more attractive participants saw a more attractive God, and African Americans saw a marginally more African American God."

Just as the Bible says God created man in his own image, it turns out we make our gods in ours."

Link to article: The Face of God

Put a check mark in the unsurprised column for me.

Which is more illustrative of human hubris? Is it the idea we could, without evidence, conjure an image of a being who supposedly created a universe or, that the image is of ourselves?

The bit I find most intriguing is, we stumbled upon the correct answer but, true to form, we misinterpreted the answer. Which is to say, humans do create the universe moment-to-moment in our own minds. More correctly, we model a personal mental construct of the universe. The model is poor but compelling. However, as one might expect, we are quite impressed with our handiwork.

 From the WHATINTHECRISPYFRIEDFUCK department-

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Potential mini-miracle leaves gullible worshippers awestruck!

Are these people truly this simple? It is one thing to believe a personal deity is taking an interest in and direct action for the benefit of certain humans. This alone (put mildly) strains credulity. However, to seriously imagine an omnipotent and benevolent god choosing to manifest his limitless power only rarely and in this trivial and pathetic way defies both expectations and rational thought. Let us compare/contrast two possible outcomes. First, a human being is forced to click a link to order a new tin of wafers ($14.00 per 1000. I checked) or everyone stands around wetting their pants until the almighty takes time out of his undoubtedly busy schedule to refresh the current batch. This micro-miracle leaves his followers gobsmacked. Acolytes begin pouring in from near and far to stand in the same spot where the blessed event took place. Not a single voice raised in anguish about the various and sundry horrors he could not be bothered lifting a single beatific finger to ameliorate. Thanks, Big Daddy, we sure were running low on crackers.

The Language of Separation

 

Quote Jane Elliott: "We have to get rid of the language of racism."

She is not referring to racial slurs, which are clearly offensive and disgusting. She is talking about ditching what I call the language of separation. This would include Race, racial, racism, mixed race, and so on. While bigotry, prejudice, and hatred are sad facts of life, the language we use when confronting our current social morass is based upon an incorrect assumption.

According to Human Genomics a peer-reviewed, open access, online journal-

"There is no scientific evidence that the groups we traditionally call “races/ethnicities” have distinct, unifying biological or genetic basis."

Today, there’s a broad consensus among experts in human evolution that race is a social construct, not a biological category, and that it is extraordinarily difficult to link specific genes to complex human behaviors.

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