Falstaff

hurting, killing, destroying..etc..
that is province of man.

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Maddogg6

why give us free will if god wants us to love one another?

edit:
Do yo see a pattern yet?

TheBlackCat

I see a lot of animals doing that as well. And if you believe the Old Testament, or the Book of Revelations, or most other world religions for that matter, God and/or the Gods are quite fond of "hurting, killing, destroying..etc.." as well.

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Maddogg6

Ill assume your using 'province' with this definition in mind:
(if not please correct me)
Doesnt really answer the question - if you were attempting to answer it - btw
If not, ignore this post.(edit: and/or - please indicate what your comment was directed at)

hyperl1t3

this will probably come off as pompus and self-righous, but i see people in the religion of nature. survival, the documentation of survival, and the art of storytelling are all forms of this religion. i doubt jesus nor any other dieties came down and said "hark you cave beasts, start chewing up soft rock and create the first notions of graffitti art and i shall call ye, b-boys!" they went by the inclination of their biologic notions with the interaction of their natural surroundings. they created great earth toned art work in their shelters telling stories of kills and their lives and thus it was passed on (even we know their old stories . religion was most likely created by people that realized if they could manipulate or divert this system of belief then they could manipulate those people and thus they did. so for years people have been told "by the highest power" (i.e. the pot smoker, jk) that they were to do this, that, or serve such a way and these "lesser" beings did so without question. what they probably didn't realize is they weren't doing it for god or their own spiritual lifting... it was most likely for the guy telling them about this "being".