RE: Why, God? Why?!
February 9, 2018 at 12:31 pm
(This post was last modified: February 9, 2018 at 12:34 pm by Whateverist.)
(February 9, 2018 at 8:00 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I believe the short answer is because God wanted to share His love with other beings.
New thread title: From whence did the concept of "other beings" come in the mind of the perfect, self-sufficient God?
(February 9, 2018 at 8:07 am)LadyForCamus Wrote:(February 9, 2018 at 8:00 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I believe the short answer is because God wanted to share His love with other beings.
But, why does a god have wants?
Perhaps it is part of their natural development. I wonder how many have been studied.
(February 9, 2018 at 9:24 am)alpha male Wrote:(February 9, 2018 at 8:07 am)LadyForCamus Wrote: But, why does a god have wants?
Why not?
It seems you're saying that a perfect being must necessarily do absolutely nothing, because doing something would imply a want or need, but in your opinion a being with a want or need can't be perfect. So it just...exists and does nothing.
Seems kinda silly.
I know. A 'perfect' being, right? Yeah kind of silly alright.
(February 9, 2018 at 10:18 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(February 9, 2018 at 10:15 am)Succubus Wrote: He's omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent. He owns the fucking place and therefore wants and needs nothing.
It is true that He needs nothing.
But I don't see why being omni all those things means you can't want anything.
Hey, we invented Him, He can damn well have whatever characteristics we like.