Does god have spare time?

(July 5, 2012 at 3:54 pm)Greatest I am Wrote: Is becoming like God good or evil?

“Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil.”

Taken in context, knowing good and evil is a bad thing. The next verse goes, "He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.” God knows evil, but is not weak enough to be tempted by it. He is like a parent with a knife on the counter. He knows not to touch it, but his children do not.

“Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.”

Taken in context, Jesus is speaking nothing about knowledge. He is saying, “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” ‘Perfect’ means righteous, and the meaning never changes throughout the Bible.

DL, show me a verse that connects knowledge to perfection.

Knowledge is not a good thing if it means sin enters the world. Freedom is no good if you use that freedom to do wrong. Why did God tell A&E not to eat the fruit- because he did not want them to have knowledge? If that was true, he would never have placed the tree there. Knowledge is not a moral sense. Knowledge is an awareness of the self. That is why A&E realized they were naked. Their attentions had turned inward—they became selfish. Selfishness is the root of all sin. Without knowledge of their body they could have remained loving and content. This sort of knowledge does not open up a world, but closes you off to the world at large because you are self-focused.

(July 7, 2012 at 1:12 pm)Undeceived Wrote: He is like a parent with a knife on the counter. He knows not to touch it, but his children do not.

This was literally the stupidest thing I've heard in the last 30 days.

(July 7, 2012 at 1:32 pm)Creed of Heresy Wrote:

(July 7, 2012 at 1:12 pm)Undeceived Wrote: He is like a parent with a knife on the counter. He knows not to touch it, but his children do not.

This was literally the stupidest thing I've heard in the last 30 days.

And if he knows to not touch the knife, but still keeps it within their reach before his children have learned to not touch it, then he doesn't care about their welfare. And if he doesn't care about their welfare, then he is simply a bad parent.

Why do theists keep calling god their father anyway?

That's like calling Cthulhu your cousin. Its silly and disturbing.

(July 7, 2012 at 11:57 am)Godschild Wrote: A question that is interesting, I do believe that to become like God having a moral sense is evil, this is my reason, Adam and Eve had to commit an act of evil (disobey God) to become like God having a moral sense. This act cost mankind an innocence and cost man and God dearly.
Now, God wants us to live as close to the standard that is who God is, God said to be holy as He is holy, which means to be separate from the ways of the world. For those who love the world I guess they might consider what Adam and Eve did a good thing, those who love God would consider it a evil thing.

Others might consider the whole bit a childish myth.

Quote:Why do theists keep calling god their father anyway?

They have limited intellects.

We all. Become god like when we die.







Nonexistent.

(July 8, 2012 at 3:05 am)Minimalist Wrote:

Quote:Why do theists keep calling god their father anyway?

They have limited intellects.

Same shit. Different day.