(August 31, 2012 at 1:02 pm)stephenmills1000 Wrote: Wouldn't you agree, if God exists, that by definition he would be an omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient, all-loving, eternal being? Bear in mind, this is not asking what your opinion is on what his track record is, or what execution of said attributes should look like. The question is: if God exists, do you agree that God must possess those attributes listed in order to be so defined as God?
No. The listed attributes are not only incompatible with reality, they are incompatible with each-other. If you are listing these attributes as tautological, then by definition god would not exist.
(August 31, 2012 at 1:02 pm)stephenmills1000 Wrote: In examining those attributes then, wouldn't it be altogether rational to deem such an independent being as a viable authority in our lives?
No. Why would it be rational?