RE: A Loving God
September 27, 2016 at 7:04 pm
(This post was last modified: September 27, 2016 at 7:05 pm by Lek.)
(September 27, 2016 at 6:52 pm)chimp3 Wrote:(September 27, 2016 at 6:20 pm)Lek Wrote: I'm going to make a play on your username just for fun and to make a general point. So please don't take it as a personal affront. I assume that since you and most of the participants in this forum believe in natural evolution and don't believe in the supernatural, that you also think that we humans are no more special or important to the world than chimps. In fact, they're still doing things the same way they did ages ago and will continue to do so. I admit that even though I accept the scientific theory of evolution, I still feel superior on a supernatural level, as well as on an evolutionary level, to a chimp. This may seem like naturalistic blasphemy, bit I admit that I consider myself to be more important than a chimp. This makes me feel very special, unlike all you who feel that we are just a more highly-developed chimp and no more special.Regardless of how you feel about being a cousin to the chimpanzee the love you have felt is human not from a god.
I'm copying the following from a previous post because I think you didn't read it:
I have experienced my wife's love for me, therefore I think she loves me. You have not experienced my wife's love for me (at least I hope not). You may or may not believe that my wife loves me, but I believe she does. You might believe that I think she loves me because I'm needy for her love or need to feel special, or maybe that I'm just delusional, but I just believe she loves me. It works the same for the way I know God loves me.