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Date Posted: 17/03/09 1:14:01am
Author: Peter Eveleigh
Subject: a God in our own image
In reply to: Barbara 's message, "Re: God did not save one single child.....not one" on 16/03/09 10:45:05pm

>Peter, don't shoot the messanger - I've had plenty of
>rows with God over this - I never win any of them
>though. I'm just some woman and God is God. I'm not
>the boss of the world, you know!
>
I am afraid I haven't argued this very well. For me, this isn't about God being apparently unjust and malicious, but about Christians not being logical or consistent.

To b ea clear, I do not believe there is a God.

What amazes me is that anyone can read Noah's ark and conclude that any God like that would be worthy of worship.

You see, for me it would be far more logical to take Enlightened's stand and say, if that is what it is all about, I want nothing to do with it.

But Christians don't. They do what you seem to have done, Barbara, which is to say that you are at fault for not being able to understand God's actions.

To my mind, they are easily understood because they are the actions that a tribe of people very much like the JA, who think they are IT, would like their God to do to everyone else. I think the God of the bible does wicked things only because those are the qualities that wicked people have ascribed to him....

or, in other words, Christians have created a God in their own image.

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Replies:

Re: a God in our own image -- Barbara, 17/03/09 1:28:48am
- real or not -- Peter Eveleigh, 17/03/09 7:26:54pm
  - The people who resisted Stalin -- Barbara, 17/03/09 8:25:31pm
    - Re: The people who resisted Stalin -- Peter Eveleigh, 17/03/09 9:40:46pm
      - Re: The people who resisted Stalin -- Barbara, 17/03/09 10:20:13pm

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>>Peter, don't shoot the messanger - I've had plenty of >>rows with God over this - I never win any of them >>though. I'm just some woman and God is God. I'm not >>the boss of the world, you know! >> >I am afraid I haven't argued this very well. For me, >this isn't about God being apparently unjust and >malicious, but about Christians not being logical or >consistent. > >To b ea clear, I do not believe there is a God. > >What amazes me is that anyone can read Noah's ark and >conclude that any God like that would be worthy of >worship. > >You see, for me it would be far more logical to take >Enlightened's stand and say, if that is what it is all >about, I want nothing to do with it. > >But Christians don't. They do what you seem to have >done, Barbara, which is to say that you are at fault >for not being able to understand God's actions. > >To my mind, they are easily understood because they >are the actions that a tribe of people very much like >the JA, who think they are IT, would like their God to >do to everyone else. I think the God of the bible does >wicked things only because those are the qualities >that wicked people have ascribed to him.... > >or, in other words, Christians have created a God in >their own image.
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