@Undeceived.
1. You completely missed the point. He wasn't saying that god isn't worthy of worship(even though your god isn't), he was asking why would an enlightened, onipotent being that knows all need to be worshipped. Whether or not god deserves worship is irrelevant. What is relevant is why does this omnipotent deity seem to fall to the same trappings that the human personality brings.
2. Seeing that god is omnipotent, he could come up with better ways to solve problems than taking someone's life.
3. Again, god is omnipotent, so he should easily be able to create a utopia wihtout taking away freedoms.
4. And here we are back to the problem as to why god is so human in nature. Also, if god could have created us as robots to prevent evil, why is it that he would rather evil exist just so he could be loved?
1. You completely missed the point. He wasn't saying that god isn't worthy of worship(even though your god isn't), he was asking why would an enlightened, onipotent being that knows all need to be worshipped. Whether or not god deserves worship is irrelevant. What is relevant is why does this omnipotent deity seem to fall to the same trappings that the human personality brings.
2. Seeing that god is omnipotent, he could come up with better ways to solve problems than taking someone's life.
3. Again, god is omnipotent, so he should easily be able to create a utopia wihtout taking away freedoms.
4. And here we are back to the problem as to why god is so human in nature. Also, if god could have created us as robots to prevent evil, why is it that he would rather evil exist just so he could be loved?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
