(June 25, 2015 at 5:15 pm)Neimenovic Wrote:(June 25, 2015 at 5:13 pm)abaris Wrote: To be fair, CL made a remark in her OP, that you could choose any god, not just the Abrahamic one. The gods of old weren't the NSA, but I stand by my judgment anyway. What's the point of having a god?
ok, but what qualities does a god need to have to be a god? I wouldn't mind a deity that wouldn't interfere, but any theistic god(s) seem like overpowered dictators, even if loving.
How could god exist in any meaningful way and not interfere. If he let us know that he exist, that by itself would be an interference. Could you sleep well knowing that some being had the power to interfere and all you could do is take his word that he wouldn't?
Just create things and go on his way. That would mean wishing for things to be the way they are.
How about a magic genie in a bottle? No, then we would be the gods and he'd be shaking his fist at us.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
