RE: The Quran and The Prohibiting of Pedophilia? Marriage Contracts
April 18, 2018 at 2:56 pm
(This post was last modified: April 18, 2018 at 3:07 pm by WinterHold.)
(April 18, 2018 at 6:24 am)Khemikal Wrote: You do realize that you just described the incoherence of your own analogy to god.....right? Is god "linguistic eloquence"?
I ask, because that's really not far off from my own understanding of god. I think that people were trying to describe things and forces (real and perceived) that were important to them, an so they anthropomorphized those forces...made them familiar and similar and comprehensible...to us, as beings or a being by way of analogy.
The analogy I use is based on the Quran only. I didn't claim that God is "perfect" based on my own thinking. It is written there; so I took it and believed in it.
You and I can have different understandings of God, and that's why using the Quran is essential to define the boundaries our minds should work within.
E.G: a boundary stated by the Quran is that God is "hollow". Thus; I can't actually picture him as a "Jesus" unless I break that boundary.
Another example, is that he is described to be perfect. Thus; I must assume that even when it comes to the creation of "books"; he makes the best books.
It's not a "personal analogy". Rather; it's taking the verse by the letter to be true.
I think that anthropomorphic attempts at religions were commit to make the concepts stated by holy books easier on the believers; and it was mainly done by the religious institution of each religion.
In Christianity, you have the "new testament" and its many references to Jesus being the same entity as God, to ease up the concept of "utter loyalty" that the prophet had towards God. It's easier -in my view- for early Christians to call Jesus and God the same; because Jesus was loyal. And there, the downfall of Christianity began: it was the opening of the door of anthropomorphic attempts derived from the heathen religions of the new believers.
That's my opinion; though.
(April 18, 2018 at 10:44 am)robvalue Wrote: This shows again what a meaningless word "god" is. Now that it's just another mindless force, why is it any different to all the others? Why aren't they all gods too?
It wasn't me who said "God is a mindless force".
I said:
https://atheistforums.org/thread-54335-p...pid1737675
Quote:From what I understood; he is more of a force
"More of a force". I only used this sentence to make the meaning that is in my mind closer to you.
He created all the other forces, he wills, he sees, but not a vision like ours, or a will like ours, and unlike any other force.
