The God of Contradiction

If there is no consistent set of revelations, doctrine or morals across cultures and religions, does this prove that God does not exist? No, it simply proves that there are many different religions with different rules and morals. The contradictions prove, in absolute terms, nothing. Contradiction is unusual but not absent from scientifically validated theories.

Perhaps one God does exist and that God has given out contradictory rules of behavior to different people. If this is the case though, how do we decide which rules to follow? Do we decide by place of birth? What if we live in a society where many religions exist side by side? Do we just follow the religion of our parents? What if our parents have different religions from each other? Do we just choose any religion we want? Why then does some doctrine make the worshipping of other Gods forbidden? In a number of religions, the worshipping of only their God is the most important rule and precedes all others.

A God of contradictions leaves people with no guidelines as to how they should lead their lives. A God of contradiction would make it impossible to recognize the word of God, because that God would be capable of saying anything. A God of contradiction leaves God’s word with no authority at all.