RE: The Christian God is NOT simple.
July 13, 2011 at 12:06 pm
(This post was last modified: July 13, 2011 at 12:21 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(July 13, 2011 at 9:20 am)theVOID Wrote: If the theists want to remove the 'god has a plan' concept from God then I've won, they have to concede that God didn't create a universe to meet criteria, he just did it arbitrarily and happened to end up with humans, if that is the case then such a God is a worse explanation than chance.
In that case it would be an exhibition of nauseating self-debasement in the name of wish thinking to worship such a god even if he exists.
(July 13, 2011 at 9:34 am)Napoleon Wrote:(July 13, 2011 at 3:37 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Omnipotence =/= omniscience =/= loving
God = omnipotence + omniscience + loving (etc)
To sum up all of God's attributes into one label... God = positive force
I used to generally fail whenever I made up my own answers in mathematics.
Maybe equations weren't really my thing...
Actually, a omnipotent being must be able to change that which omniscience had allowed him to unerringly know. So:
omnipotence =~omniscience, omnipotence + omniscience = nonsense, nonsense + love = fuzzier nonsense, nonsense + vengefulness = bluffing nonsense, nonsense + anything = wordier nonsense.
To sum up.... God = Lacking coherent meaning, made fuzzier for easier distribution to emotionally needy, associated with a bluff to better overawe the timid, and attached to other ad hoc attributes to allow Christians and Muslims feel special in a good way when they are special only in the most discreditable way.
