(April 18, 2015 at 6:13 pm)nicanica123 Wrote: And for me, I can reason that a god would have certain requirements with consequences. I personally don't think that mortgage companies are evil but I do believe their purpose is to make money. So it doesn't fit their purpose to let people live in houses that do not pay their mortgage.
And if those requirements are "absolute obedience on even the most unimportant points," and the consequences are "immediate death," as they clearly are for the christian god as described in the bible, then one cannot reasonably claim that this god does not wish to inflict worship via fear. Fear is the only appropriate response to a god who historically burns entire towns for disobedience and transmutes women to salt for turning around.
Quote:But this does nothing for reasoning whether or not a god exists. At best, its an argument that god is not all good
Well sure, but you made more than one claim, the last of which being one of god's intentions, which it pays to address on its own merits, if that's germane. I can both believe god doesn't exist and find fault in individual claims you make about him based on his descriptions simultaneously.
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