(March 20, 2019 at 3:28 am)Catharsis Wrote: When the sun rises over the good and the bad
and the rain pours on the righteous as well as the wicked,
wouldn't you wish there's a god?
Besides all ideas about the creator being a wicked psychopath
wouldn't you wish for a loving god?
Well, that depends how you define 'a loving god' . That is most definitely not the way I would describe the god of the Jewish or Christian faiths.
To use an Australian vulgarity, YHWH of the old testament is a dead cunt. A perfect illustration of my belief that all religions reflect the society which invents them. He is petty, jealous, vindictive ,capricious, petulant and ineffably cruel.. He allows unspeakable evil and inflicts the most disgusting suffering upon his creation.
The god of the New Testament is a bit more sophisticated, but every bit as much a monster as the god of the Jews. He still allows great evil and threatens his children with unspeakable suffering if they decline to love him. How can that possibly be called 'free will', when practising it causes endless suffering? That's called 'Hobson's choice'.
MY god would be one of infinite compassion and forgiveness. MY god would not threaten or punish , he would simply love and forgive, unconditionally, and accept us warts and all. ---MY god would be beyond the absurd notion that a finite being could possibly offend an infinite one.
So, to answer your question. Keeping in mind what's on offer, I think I'll pass.