What do you think of this statement...?

Question

Religion: My imaginary friend is better than yours.

Answer 1

Don't all religious people think this way?

Answer 2

Now. What does it mean?

Answer 3

True of some religions, not true of all.

Answer 4

No, that's christianity and islam, not religion.  Religion, although usually thought of as being ONLY three 3 big religions (Christianity, Islam, and Judaism), refers to ANY spiritual belief structure or system.

I do not believe that my Gods are better than anyone elses.  I only believe that the Gods I honor, are better for ME, because in the end, we are ALL just guessing in the dark.

Answer 5

What's your proof he's imaginary?  Because you don't see Him?  Because you don't listen to Him?

Lot's of people on this site don't listen or see me--maybe I'm imaginary!

Well, if you want a message from God, here it is--

Come back.

Answer 6

It's only a statement not I presume your point of view and it will definitely spark off lively debate.  Personally I applaud you for making it.  You could add as man has always done when justifying wars that 'God is on our side'. Man has used religion or holy wars for unholy purposes and still does. Wake up world!

Answer 7

You may have just boiled R&S down to it's essential charter..

Issac Newton also thought alchemy was "real science"...

Answer 8

So sad, you are not one of God's elect.

Answer 9

I think it's a statement made by someone who's intolerant.  

Answer 10

I think there maybe a nice handful of pagans who might disagree with that statement, let alone any Christians.

EDIT: I think what's worse is determining that friendliness is imaginary.

Answer 11

your an atheist.

Answer 12

I don't care... I don't have an imaginary friend any more, I lost him when I turned 5!!

My God is not imaginary, by the way... I know that's what you're getting at...

Answer 13

Thanks! I'll use this question as an example in other questions where atheists are saying "When are we ever condescending?"  I'll add it to the 9 million others.  

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

Answer 14

I guess it would have to depend on the content of your imagination verses someone else. Your imagination might be defective, erroneous, perhaps psychologically unstable. If that is the case, and I'm not saying it is, then your imaginary friend would not be objectively "better" and another person's.

However on the whole, taken at face value and assuming that your imagination is no worse than the average person, then there is a subjective quality about its contents that only you would be able to evaluate. Therefore, it is quite possible that your personal imaginary friend might be better than someone else because its function is more suited to your own individual needs.

A more interesting question would be what are the contents of God's imagination? Assuming that one holds to the teaching that Jesus Christ was both God and man, then, as a fully human being, Jesus would have, at some point, exercise his faculty of imagination. Perhaps even he had an "imaginary friend." In that case, his friend would most likely be "the best" since it came from the mind of God.

In any case, all this is speculation. I acquiesce to your belief in the superiority of your imaginary friend over any such friend my imagination could generate. Have a great day!

Answer 15

My God (Jesus Christ) has already whipped your imaginary friend!

Answer 16

Yes, that is one of the symptoms of the religious virus.

Answer 17

The statement is wrong assuming that this is about religion, it is about mythology rather.

I think it is rather childish, however, to ever bring an imaginary friends into adult conversation. It has happened many times, that when you actually grow up, you start to believe God is real.

Answer 18

That's funny, you like Isaac Newton, a devout, almost orthodox Christian.