(August 19, 2011 at 5:05 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: Not really, because only the Christian God revealed Himself in scripture and says he will never contradict Himself and implores us to do the same. He also owns His creation so He has the authority to do so. This would require a personal God. So as you move down the list of necessary characteristics you end up with a God that is the Christian God. All powerful, knowing, and good.
Which presupposes that scripture is true, which you are doing because you claim the Christian god is necessary. You cannot claim scripture is true because the Christian god is necessary, and then claim the Christian god is necessary because the scripture is true.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
