Maybe this thread belongs in the psychology forum, I dunno.
For the sake of argument, let’s say there really is an omnipotent, omniscient omni omni god out there and he is alone. He has no society, no culture, no art or science. Nothing exists that he did not create. There is no reality outside what he decrees it to be so nothing that he does has any real consequences.
He has had to endure this for a literal eternity. Unable to bear it any longer, he creates a point in the pointless expanse of eternity and at that point, he creates the world and humankind. This becomes his purpose. He needs the humans to fulfill his purpose, but at the same time, he needs their actions to be real—real choices, real love, real consequences. He has nothing else to do but watch them and vicariously participate in their reality. Is there any wonder that he is a jealous god?
Insanity is embedded in the very concept of god.
For the sake of argument, let’s say there really is an omnipotent, omniscient omni omni god out there and he is alone. He has no society, no culture, no art or science. Nothing exists that he did not create. There is no reality outside what he decrees it to be so nothing that he does has any real consequences.
He has had to endure this for a literal eternity. Unable to bear it any longer, he creates a point in the pointless expanse of eternity and at that point, he creates the world and humankind. This becomes his purpose. He needs the humans to fulfill his purpose, but at the same time, he needs their actions to be real—real choices, real love, real consequences. He has nothing else to do but watch them and vicariously participate in their reality. Is there any wonder that he is a jealous god?
Insanity is embedded in the very concept of god.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
