Does God have rules he needs to follow?

[Mister Agenda]

Esquilax;
Wow, just wait till the word gets out that paternity cases are based on bogus blood tests. A bunch of guys are going to be happy.

Modern paternity tests are based on genetic profiling, which is much more accurate. All the old blood-type paternity test could do is eliminate someone as the biological father of a child with a blood type that couldn't match his, given both the mother and father's blood type. Naturally, you could have the blood type of a baby that wasn't yours by coincidence, so the method is falling out of favor now that we have better alternatives. Basically, you had a chance of proving you are NOT the father, but it couldn't really prove that you ARE the father, just that it's possible.

If the mother's blood type is O and the father's blood type is A, the child's blood type must be O or A. If the child's blood type is B or AB, a man with blood type A can't be the father of the child of a woman with blood type O. And so on.

If you get your scientific ideas from the Bible, you're going to have a bad time. FYI, men and women have the same number of ribs.

[fr0d0]

So you're saying that God is unable to have anything exist unless he is consistent?

Yes. An inconsistent, illogical God cannot be the first cause of anything.

[max-greece]

So you're saying that God is unable to have anything exist unless he is consistent?

Yes. An inconsistent, illogical God cannot be the first cause of anything.

OK, I have to ask, why?

[fr0d0]

An illogical inconsistent source causes collapse naturally. It naturally dies. A sound source is a foundation to build on.

[Mister Agenda]

Yes. An inconsistent, illogical God cannot be the first cause of anything.

OK, I have to ask, why?

Because that's what he wants ot be true.

[Ryantology]

An illogical inconsistent source causes collapse naturally.

Is God the source of logic, or is logic a constraint within which even God must function? You can't have it both ways.

[Rampant.A.I.]

Depends which is more convenient to the position the theist is arguing.

God is the cause of logic, therefore God is both constrained and unrestrained by logic.

SPECIAL PLEADING CHECKMATE ATHEISTS!

Frodo is provably going toward some kind of Infinite Regress argument with this, with God as the basis and essence of all logic and understanding.

Which if you've read the OT and NT is hilarious.

[CapnAwesome]

For some reason I get so cheesed off when Atheists say 'does God....' and the automatically refer to the Christian concept of God. Who cares. Just one incarnation of bullshit. Nobody asks this question of Zeus or a Deist version of God. I think saying God and automatically referring to the Christian God gives Christians credence that they do not deserve.

[Rahul]

Well most of use English speakers are "cultural Christians". Meaning that we grew up in a mostly Christian society whether or not we were ever a Christian ourselves.

[Ryantology]

Some theists seem to think that the existence of any god would be a victory for them, even if it's not theirs, because it would be a defeat for us. Does fr0d0's argument sound like it's specifically in favor of Yahweh? Even if he managed to succeed in dispelling atheism, he would still have to account for every other god, known and unknown, because Yahweh wasn't really into a free divine market.