(August 26, 2021 at 12:44 pm)Ahriman Wrote: God is a transcendental masculine spirit, who presides over the universe, and bestows gifts upon those whom He wills. Happy people tend to receive greater gifts than unhappy people, because happy people are generally more appreciative of good things, than unhappy people.
Do you think that gender-identity is a required attribute of non-corporeal spirits?
About this happiness thing: happiness is a state of mind. It isn't a reward from a deity, and being happy doesn't get you more "stuff" (though being depressed can certainly derail your life). Poor people can be happy and rich people can be miserable.
You say you are bipolar, so perhaps you notice that you succeed when happy and don't when you are in depression. That's a mental condition, and I hope you have help for that. Mood swings are no joke.
You are younger than most people on this board, so perhaps you haven't thought through all the theological implications of your views. Such a spiritual being, who blesses some with happiness, and gives more to the happy, is not a moral creature. It is an idea that has been rejected by almost every type of theologian except in Televangelism circles. It is not to be found anywhere in the bible.
