(October 26, 2012 at 11:08 pm)Godschild Wrote: You all talk like man is above God and that man has ever right to define Him. God is praise worth for many reasons, but this simple one should mean something to all, He allowed you this day, that's something to praise Him for, He could have left you in bed very, very dead. I think you two need to completely rethink who God is, maybe from the point that you are no more than a grasshopper compared to Him, yet He loves you. So God does not have to earn your praise, He does want it but does not need it, everyone owes Him praise.
Here is the issue. God eternally is loving, good, etc.
God being eternal, didn't have to struggle to develop his character. It's character has always been.
You've been use to lower yourself to "God", and believing he is more praiseworthy and exalted, but he didn't earn his character, he didn't earn his praise.
His love may very well be infinite, his essence may very well be infinite, but at the end, it's unearned.
It isn't developed. It's there.
As great as he maybe, unearned greatness is less great then earned greatness.
So from this perspective, many humans are "greater" yes then the concept of "God".
This the problem, he is defined in a way that seeks to make him the greatest and most praiseworthy, but when we look at from the perspective he didn't earn his character, despite being defined to be infinite, it's less great then finite beings.
You can look at from perspective he has infinitely more love then we do, he has infinitely more benevolent will, but at the end, being unearned attributes, but eternal attributes, they are of less value and praise, then finite praise that is earned.
