Religion

What’s Wrong with “God is Mysterious”

Alot.

When I bring up one of the hundreds of logical problems with god-belief, believers often respond by saying, “God is mysterious. His ways are not our ways. It’s impossible for mere mortals to fully comprehend an infinite being.”

That’s a cop-out. Think about it. With that kind of attitude toward truth, you could believe in literally anything.

If I accept “God is mysterious” reasoning, I might just as well believe in the all-good, all-powerful Invisible Pink Unicorn.

“But how can the Invisible Pink Unicorn be both invisible and pink at the same time?” you object. “He is mysterious,” I reply. “And he is all-powerful. He can do and be whatever he wants.”

“If the Invisible Pink Unicorn wants us to believe in him, why hasn’t he revealed himself to even a majority of people on the earth?” you ask. “He is mysterious. His ways are not our ways,” I reply.

“If the Invisible Pink Unicorn is all-good and all-powerful, why doesn’t he just eliminate innocent suffering?” you rightly ask. “It’s a mystery,” I say. “He probably has a good reason to allow suffering that we are just to puny to understand.”

And so it goes. If you think “God is mysterious” is an argument, then at least admit that god-belief is no more rational than belief in the Invisible Pink Unicorn.