RE: Fifty Questions That Christians Can't Answer
March 2, 2010 at 2:58 pm
(This post was last modified: March 2, 2010 at 2:59 pm by tavarish.)
(March 2, 2010 at 2:12 pm)Watson Wrote: You misunderstand. He doesn't act lovingly because Hehas to, He acts lovingly because He is. It is within His nature to act lovingly.
Stee-rike three!
Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. You fail. You say it is his nature. I ask you why. You say it just is.
Great point. God operates within a nature and you gave absolutely no account for why that is, other than "it just is".
Again, let's recap.
You say God has a nature.
I ask why does he have this nature and why is he subject to such a nature, rather than any other?
You said "'cause that's the way it is".
This argument makes no sense. You didn't even say you don't know (which would have been perfectly fine and intellectually honest, btw), you tried to make the point that he just is. Even if he CHOSE to be the way he is, it would imply that he could theoretically act in a way that was outside of his nature.
(March 2, 2010 at 2:12 pm)Watson Wrote: God is transcendant.
Love is transcendant, as it is the only emotion which can actually be experienced between two individuals, rather than singularly toward another individual.
You don't have to talk out of your ass so much, your mouth will get rusty. Before you say "love is transcendent" and "God is transcendent", please define the term. Also, what about hate? indifference? Apathy? I'm pretty sure those conceptual transcendent emotions are felt between two or more people.
(March 2, 2010 at 2:12 pm)Watson Wrote: Go ddoes not have a nature that He operates under, He operates through His nature. This is like asking you why an atheist is you. It makes no fucking sense.
What you don't seem to understand is that your omnipotent God is subject to forces through which he operates. I asked you why he has this nature as opposed to any other.
More to the point, he has the power to create something which does not operate within his nature, which is quite simply an epic ball of clusterfuckery.