On provincial gods
I will try to remember to expand on this point tomorrow when I have had more sleep, but I remembered something that I read that was attributed to Sam Harris and I had to comment on it. He finds the idea that an all powerful deity would be "so provincial" as to be concerned with the sex lives of its creation, to be quite absurd. That quickly begs the question of just what aspect of our lives would this deity care about, since sexual issues are quite possibly the most deeply destructive ones that face humanity.
AIDS poses a more grave threat to human existence than any weapon out there. That's just the tip of the iceberg that ends up with the sort of mental, physical and spiritual brokenness that can be so deeply rooted in sexuality. If this all powerful being recognizes this obvious fact, and has no plan for how to live our sex lives, then this means that said deity really doesn't care about us in an area that profoundly influences our lives. I think that right there is sufficient grounds to question whether or not such a being really cares at all about humanity.
