(January 2, 2014 at 4:29 pm)Chad32 Wrote: Personally I don't think I'd ever have him leave. I'd have a bunch of guys like him, all over the world, performing miracles that can't be explained through natural means.Funny up to this point God thought the same thing. If you read what Jesus said was his reason for leaving, it was so a buch a guys could be empowered to do what you said.
Quote:Have these people be immortal, so they don't die.This would be a terriable prison sentence. Who wants to live and work forever when the goal is to prove yourself and move on to Heaven?
Quote: Make my presence indisputable, especially if for some reason I decided the penalty for not believing is torture. Not that I would, because I'm not a psychopath.If your presence is indisputable, then the one choice we were sent in this life to make is now gone.
For who would choose Hell if it was absolutlely known God was watching over them? The people who choose Hell now would still goto Hell, but have gone through the motions of choosing God. all the while not knowing any better. Think of the dark ages where belief in God was absolute and mandatory. This is what 'absolute certainty' about the reality of God looks like when man and his religions have their way.
Quote:Well really, I'd probably do it a lot differently than what is claimed to be done. Something like, those who worship me will always be better off thn those who don't, and not because I'm actively making other people's lives worse for not worshiping me.I'm not a rich man by most western standards, (no where close) but i do deal with very large sums of money. As a result I know that your 'way of doing things' would only breed greedy ass kissers who would focous their worship on the deeds they did so they could continue to level up and get more of the 'things' you were offering.
You may want to surround yourself with gold diggers, but The God of the bible does not.
