It's been a while since I touched on a topic which lies within the theistic area. So I'll make my way over to that area and get right down to touching.
One of the strangest characteristics I find in any creator god which then sends a holy doctrine to mankind is how its thoughts on human behaviour reflect nothing of its mindframe as a creative being.
How does a god with an intellect so deep and magnificent as to design our universe with such intrinsic detail and sophisticated workings have such an unintellectual and downright braindead approach to ethical issues as to merely write down certain rules in stone (literally, in one famous case) and hand them out to the awaiting outstretched hands of certified prophets without so much as a measly elaboration?
Surely, the designer of such a splendid universe would not be so arbitrary in its ethos and have a full, well-designed proof for ever single one of its laws. Why would a god withhold these proofs from us? One cannot put it down to human ignorance - even if the entire manifesto was too complex for the human mind, a half-proof which derives the law from more basic principles could be given.
Without a proper and deep analysis of these laws, several ethical issues remain unsolvable as they fall into grey areas which are unresolved due to unsophisticated way the laws were given out. Knowledge of moral code is one thing, but an actual understanding allows for the solving of less ordinary problems, which are surely the most common type.
Furthermore, a proper elaboration would surely have been genius enough to shut - or at the very least leave ajar- the mouths of critics, skeptics and non-believers (like me).
So, without such an elaboration, it is a must that we investigate into ethical issues ourselves, and religious believers must not condemn other for this; rather they should join the investigations themselves, for if they truly believed they would think that in the long run their ethical codes would be proved, thus giving strong evidence to the existence of their god/s.
Alas, I fear that there are those who will read through all this intently, with the sole intention of not being affected by what I am saying. And once they've done so, they will close the page without the slightest doubt of their beliefs, and feel this an accomplishment.
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