RE: Why God doesn't stop satan?
June 10, 2021 at 8:50 am
(This post was last modified: June 10, 2021 at 8:59 am by The Grand Nudger.)
I don't think it's the case that the faithful aren't guided by reason, so much as they're incapable of adequately communicating it, and have a clear motivation to engage in pious prattle.
The omnigod belief, for example, isn't a belief about what god is, but what a god should be. The faithful think that a god should be those things, because...and this is where reason exists but is rarely ever produced...if god's weren't all those things, we'd be in a pretty rough spot. An ominscient and omnipotent torturer is something that nothing could do anything about. An omnipotent omnibenevolent simpleton with no idea of the future consequences of it's massively powerful actions would be a disaster. An omniscient omibenevolent but omni-impotent god would be useless.
God exists as a functionary in a transactional relationship humanity asserts over reality. We want something from it, it wants something from us, and we describe it as the kind of thing which can effect the trade. It has all knowledge and every ability required to effect that trade, and is motivated by it's warm feelings towards humanity to effect that trade, and this puts us in a privileged bargaining position. Your "god is love" believers...they're lonely.
The omnigod belief, for example, isn't a belief about what god is, but what a god should be. The faithful think that a god should be those things, because...and this is where reason exists but is rarely ever produced...if god's weren't all those things, we'd be in a pretty rough spot. An ominscient and omnipotent torturer is something that nothing could do anything about. An omnipotent omnibenevolent simpleton with no idea of the future consequences of it's massively powerful actions would be a disaster. An omniscient omibenevolent but omni-impotent god would be useless.
God exists as a functionary in a transactional relationship humanity asserts over reality. We want something from it, it wants something from us, and we describe it as the kind of thing which can effect the trade. It has all knowledge and every ability required to effect that trade, and is motivated by it's warm feelings towards humanity to effect that trade, and this puts us in a privileged bargaining position. Your "god is love" believers...they're lonely.
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