(October 31, 2018 at 8:25 am)Chad32 Wrote: I'd probably be a maltheist if the abrahamic god was proven to be real, and the bible was an accurate representation of his character.
I think this is an important distinction.
The God we're discussing here seems to be the lowest common denominator God, the one the dumb literalists believe in.
If I were a Christian who had read and understood, say, Dante's Paradiso, the whole thing would be different. That God is not a tyrant who demands worship.
The fact that so many atheists wish to discuss the dumb version and not the God of Augustine, Aquinas, Dante, etc. (the God smart Christians believe in) makes me think we are being somewhat unfair.
