^^
Good find. Thanks for this.

Regards
DL

(March 8, 2015 at 1:25 pm)Greatest I am Wrote: ^^
Good find. Thanks for this.

Regards
DL

No problem at all

(March 3, 2015 at 1:47 pm)professor Wrote: I come back to this and I can't help it.
Your rant (admit it) from this perspective is a roar.
On Job (who preceded Moses by a long time)- (I am going to give you a paraphrase)

God to Satan- "Have you seen my servant Job? There is none like him".

Satan- "Does he serve you for nothing? You bless him coming and going, but take away his goodies and he will curse you to your face".

God- look dummy, he is in your hand right know and you don't realize it. (Job was very fearful, making sacrifices for his kids and who knows what else- fear is the opposite of faith, and fear puts one IN the devil's playground) Only spare his life.
Satan and his minions inspired enemies to attack, Job was attacked with boils.

Job passed that test.
Every one of us are tested. This life is a test.
Here is a test of another kind- get off your platform for a moment, and humbly ask the God of Heaven the very question this post began with.
(Drich isn't here right now, so I will fill in for him).

On Moses, God does not deal lightly with rebellion- He indicates it is the same as witchcraft and the first rebellion was Satan's.
The people who left Egypt SAW what happened to the pharaoh and the Egyptians.
They had an eyeful, yet planned a mutiny.
You history buffs know what happens to mutineers.

At first I honestly thought that this was written by a fellow atheist explaining why god is evil

(March 6, 2015 at 1:02 am)Losty Wrote: I think it's pretty clear that you're not thirsty.
We can lead GC to evidence but we cannot make him take his fingers out of his ears and stop singing "lalala I can't hear you".

You can lead an ass to water, but you cannot make him think.

(March 5, 2015 at 2:54 pm)Godschild Wrote:

(March 5, 2015 at 4:52 am)Pandæmonium Wrote: You can lead a horse losty.

Only stupid people lead horses to water, when ones thirst they'll go themselves.

GC

Thats the stupidest thing I've ever read, given the context and meaning of the idiom.

If we consider abrahamic faiths there's no reason for God to follow his own rules at all times. Why do so if you're in total control? If we consider the fact that God is at least somewhat similar to people (who were created in His image) and that there were no external reasons to create a world then the only reason why He created it was boredom. Think about it. You had been bored and created a 'strategic game' with some pretty sophisticated A.I. for yourself. You can sympathise with the 'npc's' to some extent and keep the 'game' or get frustrated or bored again and scrap it. Or just leave it alone and create a new one. But there's no reason to bound yourself with the rules.

Might have something to do with exemplifying the morals you're espousing.

Of course, if this is just a game, it defends the idea of an omnipotent god, but only at the expense of his moral leadership, in which case the Abrahamic faiths are incorrect.