Tobie Wrote:Why would this all powerful being give a shit if any of us loved him or not? It's not like he's going to lose power or anything if we don't.
Sure he will. Love to Yaweh is like the Sun to Superman(and Yaweh's kryptonite is iron chariots), so if his followers don't grovel to him, he withers away, leaving to door open for Lex Lugor(Satan) to take over the world.
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