(June 25, 2010 at 1:57 am)tavarish Wrote: Yes, and he gives us the choice to accept him or spend eternity in (at the most optimistic) a place where you wouldn't want to be, although the Bible is a bit more colorful in descriptions.
What a loving God this is.
You don't seem to grasp what accepting Him means. It's like accepting the command "love your neighbor".
Quote:I can't even begin to tell you how much of a cop out this free will argument is.
I'm getting the idea you can't tell us much worth hearing.
Quote:If God had wanted us to worship him, why didn't he make robots?
Probably becaues robots are boring, duh.
Quote:I'm sure it would have turned out better, wouldn't it?
No, why do you ask? Did you think you were right?
Quote:It seems like the God of the Bible either doesn't know what the fuck he's doing, doesn't give a shit, or doesn't exist.
It would be wise to replace "the God of the Bible" with "tavarish of the Atheist Forums", and my bet is on you not existing.
Quote:An infinite being that could have literally solved all of man's problems and he does a bunch of parlor tricks in a place where miracle working and superstition is common.
God was represented here and we're told to cherish essential, correct ideas. How can you blame God? Man simply lacks the will to be without problems, because he thinks he can find a "better" way.
Quote:He could have solved world hunger or given insight into the world of medicine, but he decided to walk on water and turn water into wine. For the sake of argument, I'm assuming the gospels are true.
The irony is that He did solve world hunger and disease, man is simply unwilling to accept the solution.
Quote:Why couldn't he, oh, I don't know, turn the shithole of a desert where he lived into a fertile land that produces crops forever?
Your problem is that you require God to hand you paradise. No wonder you don't like God, spoiled rotten brats never do.
Quote:Nope, it's better to heal one or two people and then have it written about decades after the fact via a massive game of telephone.
You look right past the point and then make exclaimations. Who cares.
Quote:It would have been awesome if Jesus gave some insight into some scientific ventures, like the theory of relativity, or even gravity.
At least then the people could eat - like they do now, or not.
Quote:Woops, what we got was some vague guidelines about how to treat slaves and to sell all of your shit.
You should try it.
Quote:Honestly? This is what happens when an infinite being comes to Earth? Especially knowing that his time is limited?
You're still talking about it? I thought you would've forgotten about it this far into your post.
Quote:And this is supposed to be for the greater good so God can feel better about himself? How about the notion that God had to "know" what's it's like to be human and suffer? Some all-knowing deity there. "Yup, I guess being a human sucks. All is forgiven. My bad!"
God was just trying to help and all you can do is gripe and complain. I like being a human. It's rad.
