God, Christianity, Control, & Fear

[Purple Rabbit]

To answer you both the Bible.

I stated no question, only the human right to fabulate 'till your brains drop out.

PR we've been over this, yes the Bible is a crappy literal list of laws and outdated metaphors.

Sure.

I try and take out as many personifications out as possible and read something for it's entirety and in context.

Why bother with the crap?

Yes, God is a personal God.

I take that as a statement of self-confirmation.

Yes, God could, and probably does, exist as an entity outside the known universe.

That too. Please define "outside the known universe" and how did you travel there?

For a concept of God I look to a)ancient scriptures and place their context in my modern life

Ever read Ehrman? He places them in their historical context and arrives at quite another picture. Quite interesting really.

b)personal subjective observations

Sounds like personal preferences to me.

c) logic and reason.

It does not add up nicely with a and b, I'd think.

I've told you why I don't subscribe to the personifications touted as evil by atheists. I've told you a few of the descriptors I don't see as personifications are the ones I apply and are validated though fellow Christians understanding and personal observation in reality. I'm telling you what you're picking off of the buffet (to continue your metaphor) isn't actually food and you say I'm only picking the good tastey treats off the table. Does that about sum it up?

So tell me exactly what I've picked off your buffet, without asking? Is it the god is love thing?