(September 1, 2015 at 11:07 am)Clueless Morgan Wrote:Quote:I'm just trying to imagine... if God was someone we could see and talk with every day, and we developed a personal relationship with Him in that way like we would with a friend, considering who He is (all powerful and all that), we'd probably demand a lot from Him.
I don't accept the idea that if we developed the kind of relationship with a god we had with our friends that we would then start making demands of that god. Most people who maintain friendships with people who are, let's say, socioeconomically better off than themselves don't go around demanding that that friend pay their bills for them. There are some people who do take advantage of other people in that way, yes. Granted. But most don't.
Perhaps you are right, if we equate Him merely to a human who just happens to have more money. But I think it'd be a little more than that. Like I said in my previous post though, many people already feel resentment towards God when things don't go right.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
