(January 30, 2015 at 9:31 am)Tonus Wrote: As far as I know, the Bible never flat-out says that god is omni-potent/scient/present. It's possible to reach that interpretation via careful selection of texts and just as conveniently possible to point out that the words themselves aren't there. It refers to god as "the almighty" and I'm sure that there are any number of ways to interpret that (including a common apologist favorite, "this is what the word is in its original language, and how the people of the time understood it").As far as interpretation goes:
If he put his hat on his head. How many people are there and who is wearing the hat?
The 'omni' issue. If god is not 'omni', then god is no more powerful than Ra, Anubis, Zeus or any other mythological god, ergo, god is mythological also. There are 'gods' that were 'omni' that the theists no longer believe in. I guess they prefer a less powerful god.
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
