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Do you think God is authoritarian?
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RE: Do you think God is authoritarian?
December 7, 2023 at 6:48 am
(December 7, 2023 at 4:33 am)FrustratedFool Wrote: either posits a deistic parent who coldly abandons his children, or else an arbitrary and distant dictator who looks upon the suffering he permitted and dispenses occasional favours to his chosen when the fancy takes him.

These are not the only choices. 

Classical theism, which has deep roots in Plato, is very different. 

https://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2010/09...heism.html
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Do you think God is authoritarian?

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Do you think God is authoritarian? - by ShinyCrystals - December 5, 2023 at 7:42 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by arewethereyet - December 5, 2023 at 7:52 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by ShinyCrystals - December 5, 2023 at 7:55 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Belacqua - December 5, 2023 at 8:04 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by ShinyCrystals - December 5, 2023 at 8:09 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Belacqua - December 5, 2023 at 8:19 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by ShinyCrystals - December 5, 2023 at 8:21 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by arewethereyet - December 5, 2023 at 8:40 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by ShinyCrystals - December 5, 2023 at 8:45 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Simon Moon - December 6, 2023 at 7:20 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Belacqua - December 6, 2023 at 9:01 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Deesse23 - December 7, 2023 at 3:28 am
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Gawdzilla Sama - December 5, 2023 at 8:20 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by no one - December 5, 2023 at 8:55 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by ShinyCrystals - December 5, 2023 at 9:11 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by no one - December 5, 2023 at 9:17 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Gawdzilla Sama - December 5, 2023 at 9:38 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Silver - December 5, 2023 at 10:47 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Gawdzilla Sama - December 5, 2023 at 10:53 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Thumpalumpacus - December 6, 2023 at 9:37 am
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Gawdzilla Sama - December 6, 2023 at 9:39 am
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by ShinyCrystals - December 6, 2023 at 10:51 am
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Thumpalumpacus - December 6, 2023 at 11:13 am
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by FrustratedFool - December 6, 2023 at 2:15 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Thumpalumpacus - December 6, 2023 at 2:23 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by The Grand Nudger - December 6, 2023 at 2:25 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Nay_Sayer - December 6, 2023 at 3:08 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Gawdzilla Sama - December 6, 2023 at 7:21 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Nay_Sayer - December 6, 2023 at 9:33 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by The Grand Nudger - December 6, 2023 at 11:05 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Fake Messiah - December 7, 2023 at 2:02 am
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by FrustratedFool - December 7, 2023 at 4:27 am
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by FrustratedFool - December 7, 2023 at 4:33 am
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Belacqua - December 7, 2023 at 6:48 am
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Mister Agenda - December 7, 2023 at 1:54 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Belacqua - December 7, 2023 at 5:33 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Ahriman - December 7, 2023 at 10:24 am
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by FrustratedFool - December 7, 2023 at 7:00 am
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by The Grand Nudger - December 7, 2023 at 10:00 am
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by The Grand Nudger - December 7, 2023 at 11:27 am
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by The Grand Nudger - December 7, 2023 at 5:51 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Gawdzilla Sama - December 7, 2023 at 6:07 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Pat Mustard - December 8, 2023 at 6:07 am
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by no one - December 8, 2023 at 10:31 am
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by ShinyCrystals - December 8, 2023 at 12:11 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Thumpalumpacus - December 8, 2023 at 1:52 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by ShinyCrystals - December 8, 2023 at 1:58 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Thumpalumpacus - December 8, 2023 at 2:31 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Pat Mustard - December 8, 2023 at 4:19 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Mister Agenda - December 8, 2023 at 12:15 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by ShinyCrystals - December 8, 2023 at 12:34 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by h4ym4n - December 8, 2023 at 1:17 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by HappySkeptic - December 8, 2023 at 3:34 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Gawdzilla Sama - December 8, 2023 at 4:35 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by The Grand Nudger - December 8, 2023 at 7:59 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by ShinyCrystals - December 8, 2023 at 9:25 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Thumpalumpacus - December 9, 2023 at 12:59 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by The Valkyrie - December 8, 2023 at 8:28 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by The Grand Nudger - December 9, 2023 at 2:47 am
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Ahriman - December 9, 2023 at 3:43 am
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Gawdzilla Sama - December 9, 2023 at 7:08 pm
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by ShinyCrystals - December 9, 2023 at 9:04 am
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by Ahriman - December 9, 2023 at 10:04 am
RE: Do you think God is authoritarian? - by h4ym4n - December 9, 2023 at 12:25 pm

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