Posts: 216
Threads: 15
Joined: April 15, 2015
Reputation:
4
Who made whom?
November 17, 2015 at 6:29 pm
Robert
Today is the best day of my life and tomorrow will be even better.
Posts: 9176
Threads: 76
Joined: November 21, 2013
Reputation:
40
RE: Who made whom?
November 17, 2015 at 6:32 pm
For someone so beyond our understanding, Yahweh seems to have a lot of Human qualities about him. The only difference between him and any other Human is that he's more powerful.
Is there any god that isn't Humanoid? So all these different gods decided to make Man in their image. That's quite the coincidence.
Posts: 20476
Threads: 447
Joined: June 16, 2014
Reputation:
111
RE: Who made whom?
November 17, 2015 at 6:38 pm
That's exactly why the FSM is the one true god.
He wasn't made in anybody's image.
(He sacrificed himself in a pot of boiling water so we can no longer feel hungry)
Praise our noodly appendage.
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
Posts: 46162
Threads: 539
Joined: July 24, 2013
Reputation:
109
RE: Who made whom?
November 17, 2015 at 6:38 pm
I'm going with option #2.
'Men rarely - if ever - manage to dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child.' - Robert Heinlein
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
Posts: 69247
Threads: 3759
Joined: August 2, 2009
Reputation:
259
RE: Who made whom?
November 17, 2015 at 7:43 pm
Man made god the way man wants to see himself.
Posts: 46162
Threads: 539
Joined: July 24, 2013
Reputation:
109
RE: Who made whom?
November 17, 2015 at 7:45 pm
(November 17, 2015 at 7:43 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Man made god the way man wants to see himself.
Truer words were never spoken. This is why Odin possesses all the virtues of the Norse and Zeus possesses all the virtues of the Greeks and - but you get the picture.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
Posts: 20476
Threads: 447
Joined: June 16, 2014
Reputation:
111
RE: Who made whom?
November 17, 2015 at 7:49 pm
Just curious, was Zeus meant to be gay?
It was all the rage on Mt Olympia at the time.
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
Posts: 9176
Threads: 76
Joined: November 21, 2013
Reputation:
40
RE: Who made whom?
November 17, 2015 at 7:54 pm
I think he just had sex with women. The greeks were so pro gay that I've heard they thought yu couldn't even become a man until you drank enough of a man's cum. Yet their father of gods wasn't gay.
Posts: 67213
Threads: 140
Joined: June 28, 2011
Reputation:
162
RE: Who made whom?
November 17, 2015 at 8:02 pm
(This post was last modified: November 17, 2015 at 8:11 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(November 17, 2015 at 7:45 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (November 17, 2015 at 7:43 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Man made god the way man wants to see himself.
Truer words were never spoken. This is why Odin possesses all the virtues of the Norse and Zeus possesses all the virtues of the Greeks and - but you get the picture.
Boru
Minor, minor gripe. Odin -doesn't- possess all the virtues of the norse. He would be, by their standards, and was depicted as incredibly un-virtuous. What he had was a singular virtue, which he would sacrifice anything for. Thor is closer, possessing a great many of the things they seemed to have seen as virtuous, but lacking in a few crucial areas. Zues was depicted as a tyrant. A terrible, terrible bastard. Long story short, the greeks and norse were better authors. They understood the narrative power of a flawed character. So, it seems, did they jews.......but you couldn't tell that if you asked a christian about the jewish god.
(to clarify, Odin thirsted for knowledge to the expense of anyone and anything, even himself, particularly knowledge that no one should have. Thor was a rabble rousing anyman who also happened to be a cross dressing dimwit.)
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
Posts: 6843
Threads: 0
Joined: February 22, 2014
Reputation:
15
RE: Who made whom?
November 17, 2015 at 9:35 pm
(November 17, 2015 at 6:29 pm)Passive Atheist Wrote: Did God make man in his (God's) image or did man make God in his (man's) image? The God character in the Bible was simply the series of men who ruled the dominant Middle Eastern empire in ancient times. "God" was just a title used to denote the current big wig. Why do you think he has so much dialogue?
The invisible celestial deity is actually mentioned only a few times. He doesn't have any dialogue.
|