Did God make man in his (God's) image or did man make God in his (man's) image? 
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Who made whom?
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For someone so beyond our understanding, Yahweh seems to have a lot of Human qualities about him. The only difference between him and any other Human is that he's more powerful.
Is there any god that isn't Humanoid? So all these different gods decided to make Man in their image. That's quite the coincidence.
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10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason... http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/ Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50 A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh. http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html 
That's exactly why the FSM is the one true god.
He wasn't made in anybody's image. (He sacrificed himself in a pot of boiling water so we can no longer feel hungry) Praise our noodly appendage.
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear. 
I'm going with option #2.
'Men rarely - if ever - manage to dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child.' - Robert Heinlein Boru
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Man made god the way man wants to see himself.
(November 17, 2015 at 7:43 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Man made god the way man wants to see himself. Truer words were never spoken. This is why Odin possesses all the virtues of the Norse and Zeus possesses all the virtues of the Greeks and - but you get the picture. Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
Just curious, was Zeus meant to be gay?
It was all the rage on Mt Olympia at the time.
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
I think he just had sex with women. The greeks were so pro gay that I've heard they thought yu couldn't even become a man until you drank enough of a man's cum. Yet their father of gods wasn't gay.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason... http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/ Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50 A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh. http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html RE: Who made whom?
November 17, 2015 at 8:02 pm
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(November 17, 2015 at 7:45 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(November 17, 2015 at 7:43 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Man made god the way man wants to see himself. Minor, minor gripe. Odin -doesn't- possess all the virtues of the norse. He would be, by their standards, and was depicted as incredibly un-virtuous. What he had was a singular virtue, which he would sacrifice anything for. Thor is closer, possessing a great many of the things they seemed to have seen as virtuous, but lacking in a few crucial areas. Zues was depicted as a tyrant. A terrible, terrible bastard. Long story short, the greeks and norse were better authors. They understood the narrative power of a flawed character. So, it seems, did they jews.......but you couldn't tell that if you asked a christian about the jewish god. (to clarify, Odin thirsted for knowledge to the expense of anyone and anything, even himself, particularly knowledge that no one should have. Thor was a rabble rousing anyman who also happened to be a cross dressing dimwit.)
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 (November 17, 2015 at 6:29 pm)Passive Atheist Wrote: Did God make man in his (God's) image or did man make God in his (man's) image?The God character in the Bible was simply the series of men who ruled the dominant Middle Eastern empire in ancient times. "God" was just a title used to denote the current big wig. Why do you think he has so much dialogue? The invisible celestial deity is actually mentioned only a few times. He doesn't have any dialogue. |
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