RE: If you believe in the God of the Bible, why try to prove it logically?
June 23, 2013 at 3:57 pm
(This post was last modified: June 23, 2013 at 4:07 pm by fr0d0.)
(June 23, 2013 at 2:31 pm)Faith No More Wrote:fr0d0 Wrote:The reason you love your dog is that it shows it's love for you. As a loving person, you need love reciprocated.
Absolutely not. Love is affection towards someone despite how they feel about you.
And on the topic of reciprocation, why is it that an omniscient, omnipotent entity that lives outside of time and space has the desire to be loved in the first place? Why is it that a god containing all of the knowledge in the cosmos is driven by such human desires?
The human needs love, was my point. I know what love is. I understand God to be love. God loves you without that love being reciprocated, for example.
I think it's interesting that this is seen as Gods central purpose. His point in creating us was to replicate himself. Love produces love. Love is the most powerful force.
(June 23, 2013 at 3:55 pm)Rhythm Wrote: I don't see much of an explanation for the human condition in the tale. What condition might that be and how does it go about offering such an "explanation"?
It's a pretty universal explanation. I'm surprised that you haven't heard of it.
I've heard many fantastical and illogical propositions for an alternate reality. How do you propose a new natural order with conflicting physics to our own. Seems like a pretty impossible task. And, the basic point we're addressing here is the existence of love without the freedom to love. I'm claiming that this is the only workable scenario. If you'd like to challenge that I would love to hear it. I certainly don't discount the possibility. Just lack the supporting argument.
