(November 9, 2013 at 9:13 am)John V Wrote: A desire isn't necessarily based on a need. This is a common faulty argument. That god does something or wants something doesn't necessarily mean that ne needs it.
Without referencing god, can you name a desire that isn't based on need? Needs are the very foundation of desires. If I desire money, it is to buy material things, and those material things fill an emotional hole in my psyche. It is the need to fill that emotional hole that feeds my desire. We don't desire something unless we gain something from it, and we don't gain anything from that something unless it fills a need. Therefore, god must be fulfilling some need with his desires, yet desires such as praise fill needs for emotional beings that need acceptance and a purpose in life. Praise is for those that need validation. Why would a god need validation, especially from its lowly creations that are extremely inferior?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell