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An imperfect God
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The God promoted by believers cannot be reconciled with the God of the Bible. He made mistakes, he was unjust, and he was neither omniscient nor omnipresent. Nevertheless, despite glaring evidence to the contrary, members of his fan club tell us he was perfect. How do they justify that?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.it does seem there were two gods in the Bible, coming from different traditions (probably two tribes) - one remote being, the other a more or less human one who'd stroll round the Garden of Eden in the evening chatting to people. They were sort of combined into one by later editors, but not wholly successfully.
//An Imperfect God// . . . to put it mildly!
I should hope we as mere mortals could do better if we put our minds to it rather than attempting to carrying on with outdated traditions.
Religion might have been an improvement over what prehistoric cavemen had, (although there's room for doubt in several regards). All the same, we are not (all) living in caves any longer and given the technology we now have it is incumbent upon us to do better, to apply the same rationality that gave us our current knowledge to learning to use it wisely.
I should hope we as mere mortals could do better if we put our minds to it rather than attempting to carrying on with outdated traditions.
Religion might have been an improvement over what prehistoric cavemen had, (although there's room for doubt in several regards). All the same, we are not (all) living in caves any longer and given the technology we now have it is incumbent upon us to do better, to apply the same rationality that gave us our current knowledge to learning to use it wisely.
This subject is fundamental to belief in this supposedly perfect Almighty Creator God. However, strangely enough, after recently subjecting the rest of us to a multitude of interminable sermons - liberally laced with carefully selected biblical texts and references telling us what we must do - and, horror of horrors, what will happen to us if we don't - the silence from the faithful is suddenly deafening.
Never mind. As Scarlet O'Hara would have it - 'Tomorrow is another day' - so I live in hope.
God! I sound almost ..... religious! :o)
Never mind. As Scarlet O'Hara would have it - 'Tomorrow is another day' - so I live in hope.
God! I sound almost ..... religious! :o)
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"after recently subjecting the rest of us to a multitude of interminable sermons....the silence from the faithful is suddenly deafening."
what? all two of them - keyplus and the jehovah triumvirate.
casting your net to reel them in to give them a jolly good lecture all seems a bit religious to me. maybe you should try shouting in the street waving some pamphlets?
what? all two of them - keyplus and the jehovah triumvirate.
casting your net to reel them in to give them a jolly good lecture all seems a bit religious to me. maybe you should try shouting in the street waving some pamphlets?