God or no God, why do people assume...?

Question:...that the "faults" they perceive in the world are faults in the world itself and not faults in their perception of it?

Whether the universe was created by a God or not, it cannot have lasted as long as it has if it didn't take care of business. Why do we question the mechanisms of the universe/God's creation instead of our perception of it?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: ...that the "faults" they perceive in the world are faults in the world itself and not faults in their perception of it?

Whether the universe was created by a God or not, it cannot have lasted as long as it has if it didn't take care of business. Why do we question the mechanisms of the universe/God's creation instead of our perception of it?

Without questioning the mechanics of the universe/God's creation we would never change our perceptions of it...

It's not our fault!0!

Whether we were created by God or by Nature, that's the way it turned out to be until it is either created or evolved otherwise. So, it's only natural after all. That's why vision is so important.

The most pathetic person in the world is the person who has sight, but no vision...Helen Keller.

He who sees with his eyes is blind...Plato.

Good luck!

people fail to recognise that they are the one at fault, so decide to blame the world/God/universe. Its easier to blame some one else!

You cant disprove or approve the existence of god, simply not possible.

Without needs, pains or faults there would be no objectives.

A perfect world is not what most people think it is. The world is perfect as it is.

And yes, blaming "the world" absolves us of the responsibility to fix our lives. It is an excuse, but a plausible lie that we can tell ourselves.

Because a child with cancer is a 'fault' in the world, not simply a quiddity of my perception. Because powerful people growing rich and comfortable due to the violence and starvation of others is a plain injustice, not a perception issue.

If things are a matter of perception then the concept of good/evil, right/wrong are meaningless.

Because no one and nothing was created by God to be perfect, because He alone is the only perfect unknown.

It makes them have someone their for them even if their alone.

To paraphrase AA, "If only everyone and everything would just do what I want, the world would be perfect."

To paraphrase Ayn Rand, "In order to get what you want, you must learn to obey nature."

In other words, people do not "obey" the nature of nature, nor accept the nature of the humanity of other people.

You could call such people 'little dictators' because that is what they would be if "everyone and everything would just do what I want,"--until their power grew and they became big dictators who, fortunately, don't get all they want either, but they do a lot of damage. "Little dictators" do a lot of damage, too, but quite often to themselves, becoming people we don't wish to associated with because they act egotistically, rudely, bossy, etc. Sometimes they seek retribution or the unethical means of getting what they want.

Often they do more damage to themselves by becoming alcoholics or drug users, not for enjoyment, but to escape from what they cannot control.

Our perception of reality is part of reality. So if our perception is faulty, reality is faulty.

It also seems the best explanation that there really are "faults" in the world (I assume you're talking about the fact that the world could contain less suffering, could be happier etc.), rather than every single time something seems to be less than perfect (e.g. the tsunami, the situation in Iraq, income tax) we're making some error of judgement in saying it's not perfect.

Judgment is a funny thing isn't it?

We assume that we are right and that we are the moral compass.

Silly little idea that we get isn't it.

Love and blessings Don

Wow I think you have an extremely valid point. Perception is everything. I believe we all have to take responsibility for being a part of this world. It would be so much easier to point at God and say it's His fault.
I live in North America and am a believer of God and yet I still sometimes feel (especially this last winter) that He let winter come way to early and hang on way to long. But reality is I chose to live in a snow belt and that our continent is a wild and woolly area on this planet.

Because no human wants to take the responsibility for "wrong" be it action or perception.
It is much easier on the ego to lay blame or fault on something or someone who is not present or can not defend or prove otherwise.
We would rather make ourselves feel better by laying blame.