(August 30, 2018 at 4:03 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(August 30, 2018 at 3:50 pm)polymath257 Wrote: It goes much deeper than that. We know love exists because of chemical reactions in the brain. So you are asking that I accept that these chemicals exist only because of some deity. But, more than that, you are asking me to accept that they only continue to exist because of the existence of this deity. And, further, that nothing that is good could possibly exist unless there is an intervention by this entity.
Do you see how this is such a stretch it is hard to imagine even believing this?
Well, since truth and love are different things, that would show God is not love. And, this also fails to address how an entity can be the same as an abstract idea. Once again, the whole basis of the question is so far away from anything close to how I see reality that asking what I would do is difficult to answer.
It's like asking whether I would like pineapples if the color red was larger than the number 6. The question itself makes no sense at all.
We believe God is all goodness. That means love and truth. Lies aren't good or loving, afterall.
(August 30, 2018 at 3:53 pm)polymath257 Wrote: Let's put it this way. Suppose that Satan showed up and convinced you that he was pure goodness and love and that the deity you have believed in is actually evil. Would you then follow Satan?
How about if the color yellow showed up and convinced you that it is pure love and goodness. Would you then follow the color yellow?
First question: Yes. If that happened, it would mean that I was wrong about God and Satan.
Second question: Yes. I desire love and goodness.
....Can you answer mine now please?
OK, you are able to make sense out of non-sense much better than I am.
