RE: Part 3
September 15, 2013 at 5:49 pm
(This post was last modified: September 15, 2013 at 5:55 pm by Drich.)
(September 15, 2013 at 3:09 pm)max-greece Wrote: "The God of the bible does indeed get angry, He does seek vengeance, He is wrathful ,and He is righteous, which means He will punish the wicked, and not be sorrowful or apologetic about doing it. How can a perfect God be these things? don't these negative emotion mean He is not perfect? No. Then why is it wrong for us to display these emotions. In short these emotions are reserved for God. They are reserved for one who can rightly and with out question or doubt discern who is righteous and who is not. the reason it is wrong for us to display these emotions, is because we do so out of a sense of selfrighteousness, and not out of a sense of absolute righteousness."
So basically - God is perfect, God bashes babies heads against the wall for the crimes of their parents - therefore that's OK - but it wouldn't be OK for anyone else to do it.
And God gets angry, seeks vengeance, is wrathful and isn't sorrowful or apologetic - you could add proud and vain to get a majority of the 7 deadly sins - enough to convict anyone else - but God is perfect and therefore its OK but it wouldn't be for anyone else.
And you wonder why we don't get it?hock:
Oh, I get it. You all feel that your 'morality' somehow trumps God's morality/righteousness.
Therefore God is not worthy of worship.
Close?
(September 15, 2013 at 5:45 pm)Maelstrom Wrote: Drich sure is great at describing a lunatic deity.
Be wary of those who claim to know the nature of god, for it most often mirrors their own twisted desires..
Spicoli you have made yourself an excellent example of a person who has created a straw god.
Because your idea of god is so much different than the God of the bible, you can't help but identify the God of the bible as a monster.
But again because in your heart you have created your straw god, you know he can not possibly exist, especially when you start to compare him to the God described in the bible or the harshness of the real world.
(September 15, 2013 at 5:48 pm)Maelstrom Wrote:(September 15, 2013 at 5:46 pm)Drich Wrote: How do you know if 'my God hypothesis' can or can not be tested or falsified?
By the very fact that it cannot.
How do you know if the only thing you have ever tested is if your straw god has ever existed.
