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Theological Pontification pt. 2 before/after
Another thought, and let me begin again.
It also seems implausible, and human-centric, to think that an Omnipotent being would manifest Itself in such a way as to appear, and then dispense laws for the building of a Society. That seems entirely human, and not Divine. God is a God of all, and not just a select portion of existance, given that God is omnipotent. Drawing from the Hebrew mythology, "...and one the Sixth day, God breathed life into man."
This, I would speculate infers that we are perhaps a part of the Divine existance, as everything must be for an Omnipotent Being repudiates its own existance reflected in all that is. If you are omnipotent, everything exists at your will, and is ultimately a part of you.
Furthurmore, in Western Christian mythology, Jesus Christ amends the Hebrew mythology by saying, "...Render unto Ceasar what is Ceasar's and unto God what is God's."
This seems to put the basic law and governorship of man into man's hands. The morality system that we all use to govern out daily lives is a creation of our own for us, to furthur enhance the growth of Society, rather than define and develop our relationship with the Divine. Peculiarly human in its origins.
Put in other words, and drawing from Hebrew mythology, what interest would an Omnipotent Being have in whether or not a Jewish citizen did or did not eat of an animal with a cloven hoof? Such a practice could have its roots in the avoidance of trichinosis, a plaugue of the biblical era, and as such, become woven into the fabric of that culture's survival.
Most cultures have their creation stories which usually revolve of humankind being spawned from the earth or out of nowhere, as recorded history does not date back to the dawning of existance. As such, human history is truncated to the beginning of recorded oral history, and the moral codes that have enabled the culture to progress to this point are woven in the cultural fabric of mythology and dogma.
This is an inconsistency derived from the precepts laid down by Hebrew and Christian mythology, and the creation story is echoed in slightly differing form by many other cultures that never heard Hebrew mythology or Christian mythology. The parallels are striking, and would seem to display the same common flaws that other cultures display.
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