RE: Can God love?
July 2, 2018 at 12:04 pm
(This post was last modified: July 2, 2018 at 12:06 pm by robvalue.)
I'll clarify my earlier question for any other theists that might want to take a stab at it.
Does God actually grant benefits to people of several religions, or just one religion? I don't care what people from all the religions claim is happening, I'm talking about what is actually happening.
Scenario 1: God just grants benefits (of whatever type) to the one "correct" religion
Conclusion: People in all the other religions who claim to get benefits from God are imagining it. So it's then perfectly possible to be fully convinced God is benefiting you, when in fact you're just attributing significance to events to fit your narrative.
Scenario 2: God (really does) grant benefits to multiple religions
Conclusion: God doesn't seem to care very much about being in the right religion, and will even grant boons for being in the wrong one. This seems to me to indicate that either several religions are acceptable to God, or else he is willing to trick those in the "wrong" ones to continue by means of rewards. How exactly can you tell whether you're being rewarded for being in the right one or the wrong one?
Scenario 3: God isn't granting benefits to anyone, because he either doesn't exist, is incapable, or chooses not to
Conclusion: All religious theists are imagining the benefits and attributing significance to fit their narratives.
Does God actually grant benefits to people of several religions, or just one religion? I don't care what people from all the religions claim is happening, I'm talking about what is actually happening.
Scenario 1: God just grants benefits (of whatever type) to the one "correct" religion
Conclusion: People in all the other religions who claim to get benefits from God are imagining it. So it's then perfectly possible to be fully convinced God is benefiting you, when in fact you're just attributing significance to events to fit your narrative.
Scenario 2: God (really does) grant benefits to multiple religions
Conclusion: God doesn't seem to care very much about being in the right religion, and will even grant boons for being in the wrong one. This seems to me to indicate that either several religions are acceptable to God, or else he is willing to trick those in the "wrong" ones to continue by means of rewards. How exactly can you tell whether you're being rewarded for being in the right one or the wrong one?
Scenario 3: God isn't granting benefits to anyone, because he either doesn't exist, is incapable, or chooses not to
Conclusion: All religious theists are imagining the benefits and attributing significance to fit their narratives.
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