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The Obnoxious
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created us? He created us promising rewards to us, so that those who want those rewards can give a lot of love and attention to Him?
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Was God brought up in an environment he was denied love, and attention so that He
Tony of Santa Clarita
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I once read a quote that "If triangles had a god, it would have 3 sides"
We tend to anthropomorphize God, since we only know how we think, and cannot help but imagine that God feels and thinks the same.
The idea that God would create us to worship him is interesting, in that it makes him vane and seeking attention, traits we don't find admirable people.
I believe that it isn't a coincidence that we refer to "God the father", as many parents wouldn't mind having that kind of relationship with their children. Maybe we wouldn't want our children worshiping us, but with all the talk one hears of disrespect of children toward adults, most parents wouldn't mind a shift in that direction.
Of course, God is somehow out of space and time, according to theists, so your question is obviously intended to be a bit ironic.
It is clever, though, in that the very nature of, at least the Christian God, must make one pause and wonder. The most obvious contradiction in his attitude toward non-believers. We all have heard stories, both fictional and real, of relationships in which the thwarted desire for one person to possess another will wind up in violence, even murder.
Well, God has one up one any person. He just won't kill you. He will torture you forever.
It amazes me that Christians can accept this dichotomy: a kind loving God that is so unforgiving, that he would make you suffer so.
I think it speaks more about the believer's mind-set than it does of the in which God he believes
We tend to anthropomorphize God, since we only know how we think, and cannot help but imagine that God feels and thinks the same.
The idea that God would create us to worship him is interesting, in that it makes him vane and seeking attention, traits we don't find admirable people.
I believe that it isn't a coincidence that we refer to "God the father", as many parents wouldn't mind having that kind of relationship with their children. Maybe we wouldn't want our children worshiping us, but with all the talk one hears of disrespect of children toward adults, most parents wouldn't mind a shift in that direction.
Of course, God is somehow out of space and time, according to theists, so your question is obviously intended to be a bit ironic.
It is clever, though, in that the very nature of, at least the Christian God, must make one pause and wonder. The most obvious contradiction in his attitude toward non-believers. We all have heard stories, both fictional and real, of relationships in which the thwarted desire for one person to possess another will wind up in violence, even murder.
Well, God has one up one any person. He just won't kill you. He will torture you forever.
It amazes me that Christians can accept this dichotomy: a kind loving God that is so unforgiving, that he would make you suffer so.
I think it speaks more about the believer's mind-set than it does of the in which God he believes