(March 7, 2012 at 5:16 pm)Faith No More Wrote: @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?
Omnipotence does not mean he can do anything. He can't do what is against nature. He can't do what is sinful. He found a way to save you from eternal death, and that you should be thankful for. He lets us have choice because making robots is unimpressive. Making creatures capable of choosing to obey or disobey but they obey anyways is impressive. Do you find it more satisfying having a computer sew or training a monkey to?
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
-4th verse of the american national anthem
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
-4th verse of the american national anthem