RE: Is God Altruistic? Is God Happy?
March 22, 2019 at 10:17 pm
(This post was last modified: March 22, 2019 at 10:22 pm by Belacqua.)
(March 22, 2019 at 10:02 pm)wyzas Wrote:(March 22, 2019 at 7:11 pm)Belaqua Wrote: I don't know what Gae intended.
If we're talking about the classical theologians, they objected to the capriciousness of the polytheistic gods, largely to contrast it with the impassible God they believed in. This is comparable to the Hindu Brahman, but not, for example, Shiva.
I'd call the abrahamic god capricious. Just one example would be killing children with bears because they made fun of a bald man. I think the whole book of Job would fit also.
We're talking about what is written about god, not what a theological filter and/or your filter interprets.
But I'm sure you know better than me.
Right. As I said at the beginning, this is a problem for people who take the Old Testament literally.
"What is written about god" includes a hell of a lot more than the Bible. It's important not to filter out the stuff that doesn't meet your preconceptions.
