God does not follow the first principle of morality. Why not?

[Darkstar]

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Well, so far it doesn't seem like he lives up to my non-absolute standard.

Exactly! Why? Because you/the soceity you live in has created a standard in which you can view yourself as a 'good' person. Now you have taken that sub standard, standard and judged God with your/our soceitial short commings as if this was any real type of measure. Of course God falls short. If He did not in your own standard then that would mean you would. why look at your failures and faults when you can blame a seeming silent God?

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This is a dead point if you keep saying "god is so awesome that we must be the evil ones" without actually considering things objectively. He is called the jealous god. Is jealousy good?

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God is on his own (alleged) record as having committed terrible crimes against humanity. I don't know how that isn't a huge problem.

Because 'Humanity' belongs to God. The lives humans live belong to God. As Creator God has rights that you do not. Giving and taking life is one of them.

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I strongly deny this. If we threw down the seeds of life on some far off world and claimed ownsership of the populace once they reached sentiency, it would be unjust. God did not create me, my mother did.

What I wonder is, where does God's righteousness come from? Himself?

Yes.

God is self-righteous, but he gets a pass for everything...

Does that mean his will is completely arbitrary?

As in God's will is righteousness.. Yes.

God's arbitrary will is inherently righteous because he says so...I don't buy it.

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If so, what is our motivation to submit ourselves to it?

Why do you need one? God's Will is only for those who wish to spend eternity with Him. Those who do not, do not need any motivation. God's righteousness is an 'arbitray' line in the sand. Those who wish to spend eternity with God must seek attonement for being outside of God's Righteousness, and those who do not simply stay the course.

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So, it finally comes out. God isn't just, he is 'righteous'. 'Righteous' simply means god's will. If you submit to god's will, regardless of its morality, you go to heaven. If you stand up for what is right and refuse, you burn forever. Of course, it could be one big conspiracy with god testing us to see who stands up for what is right and who doesn't...can't prove otherwise (it wouldn't be in the bible if it were true...).

Is it because he is more powerful than we are?

Yuup!
God's creation. God's rules, and there is nothing you can do about it..

Further evidence god is just a whiny brat who does whatever he feels like and doesn't care if it's wrong.

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Because, that sounds a lot like that survival of the fittest thing Christians seem to think dominates secular morality.

Ahhh, no. Gay marriage, Abortion, the promotion of prematerial sex, the soceital push to allow us to think we are 'all basically good people.' these are not "Christian values."

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If we were all basically good people, then why are there laws? Teaching us we're all basically bad people not only would have negative emotional effects, but it might cause people to think they can do bad things without being judged.

You tell yourself God is good because you're too terrified of the monster to say otherwise.

God is Good for no other reason than He defines what 'Good' is.

You just keep proving my points.

Reminds me of this video:

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skip to :50 for first answer, skip to 1:49 for the second

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I know that spinning God as ultimate good and loving everybody makes it easier to sell the bullshit, but I'd honestly have more respect for his followers if they were honest and admitted that God is neither good, nor perfect, and that their 'personal' relationship is one of existential terror.

Fortunately we do not need the respect of those who wish to compermise our faith in order to award us with 'peer approval.'

Fortunately we [atheists] do not need the respect of those who wish to compromise our faith reason in order to award us with 'peer approval.'