RE: Christians : my problem with Christianity, some questions.
March 23, 2015 at 12:24 pm
(This post was last modified: March 23, 2015 at 12:29 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(March 23, 2015 at 12:16 pm)Judi Lynn Wrote:(March 23, 2015 at 11:52 am)Drich Wrote: . . . to simply refer to God is to speak of the Father.
I don't know man. Calling someone you can't physically see, "father" reminds me of all those kids who have daddy issues. And you see the path most of those kids wind up on.
(March 23, 2015 at 12:23 pm)Esquilax Wrote:(March 23, 2015 at 11:52 am)Drich Wrote: When I say The President... He... Him... Who am I speaking of, All of them? or the man in charge?
Again God is a title and it is correct to address a person holding a title by his title. In Jewish and Christian tradition to simply refer to God is to speak of the Father.
And if you were in a room with multiple presidents, would you use "the president" to refer to all of them at once?
Appearently God is the title for a committee. Actually it seems to be more like a Roman triumvirate. The difference is each roman triumvir actualy has to put in public appearances, and actually needs a pedigree and some track record of civil service to those whom he propose to lord over. No failed carpenter claiming to be the son another allledged triumvir who is also never seen by the public and only alledgedly speaks through intermediaries such as drich and GC unconfirmably in dreams and fantasies could ever qualify.
So it appears "the God" is a rather shabby counterfeit version of the end point of total collapse of oligarchic republican government.
