RE: Why should anyone even want a relationship with God?
January 17, 2013 at 1:24 am
(This post was last modified: January 17, 2013 at 1:25 am by FallentoReason.)
(January 15, 2013 at 11:07 pm)Rhythm Wrote:(January 15, 2013 at 8:46 pm)FallentoReason Wrote: What organisms are immortal?
Here's a wiki on the subject that mentions a few - and there are more. Let wonder lead you to knowledge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_immortality
That's some pretty awesome stuff!
Quote:Is there some other unspoken qualifier as well? When you talk about the "ultimate truth" as it might be contained in one of those narratives is there something there that needs to be mentioned? Clear your mind of those narratives, is it just the three things in the package that seem to you to compel worship? Doesn't do it for me. I'm unclear as to how those three things would force me to worship the possessor of those attributes. Care to take a crack at that?
What three things are we talking about exactly? Immortality(?), the creator of everything & the command to worship it?
Quote:Further, bringing back those narratives - why would I -have- to worship any of those gods....I'm not sure I understand how you came to that conclusion? Personally, if any of the narratives commonly pondered over actually were true I have even less reason to bow -and I already have none. I'd have to worship it....-or what- ?
Or it chucks a fit and causes chaos/throws you to eternal punishment... It's the fear behind it I guess.
What you guys sound like to me when you say "even if X god was real, I still wouldn't worship it" is exactly the same as someone rebelling against the law per se. Just do it man... I don't get the rebellious attitude..?
(January 15, 2013 at 11:25 pm)Ryantology Wrote:FallentoReason Wrote:I'm all about truth though and IF one of them were to be the Ultimate Truth of the Cosmos then it means that the reality is that you have to get down on your knees and worship that dictator.
Is being real enough, by itself, to merit worship?
No, but it definitely is a requirement.
Quote:Again, if God was just like the Bible says, I would be forced to admit he was real, but that's the extent of it. I'd never worship or praise that thing. Even being my creator does not entitle him to a single of iota of respect from me. That's the same kind of crap bad fathers tell their kids when nothing else about them earns them any.
Please read my last sentences to Rhythm on this. I just don't understand the rebellious mentality.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
