God == Dick ? (my thoughts)
Offline I was thinking of the possibilities of God's existence and came to a very simple conclusion:
God is messing with us.
I think it's the only way a personal God could exist. He must be making it seem that he does not exist in effort to smite us all in hell.
Perhaps it's because he's bored or something. Especially if it's his third creation or something. That would suck for us to be the bored creation, wouldn't it?
He's not too bored, though, because he isn't randomly killing... that I know of.
But that brings us back to the God is actively and continuiously messing with us part. Just wondering what your take is on that kind of god existing.
One more thing about the agnostic and atheist thing: what about a schrodinger's belief of sorts? Simultaniously believe that a god exists and
does not at the same time? Well, whatever, do and do not believe, if you want to be semantic.... I know I can be, anyway. But I think the point still
stands. It's like the cat, except with God.
Personally I'm vying for the god that makes it so that whatever you believe (or not believe) affects you after you die. So, therefore, I believe that when
I die I will go to a tropical island with lots of curious bisexual women ... or perhaps that's a tad bit too juvenile. I'll have to think about that one.
Anyway; hello.
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Any particular reason you think that if a god exists it's going to be the christian one?
Personally, I prefer to establish a being is real before I start worrying about the particulars of its motivations.
"Anyone can repress a woman, but you need 'dictated' scriptures to feel you're really right in repressing her. In the same way, homophobes thrive everywhere. But you must feel you've got scripture on your side to come up with the tedious 'Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve' style arguments instead of just recognising that some people are different." - Douglas Murray
All that being said, yeah, if the Christian god existed, he could only be described as a sadistic, evil sonofabitch who would make Hitler look like a pretty ok guy.
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Hey, now. Odin was constantly fucking with people, both figuratively and literally. He was a randy old dog, copulating with earth and giantess alike.
So the comments could apply to him, as well, I think.
"Yes, I seriously believe that consciousness is a product of a natural process. I find that the neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers who proceed from that premise are the ones who are actually making useful contributions to our understanding of the mind." - PZ Myers
.. oh, wait, you just said that.
"Anyone can repress a woman, but you need 'dictated' scriptures to feel you're really right in repressing her. In the same way, homophobes thrive everywhere. But you must feel you've got scripture on your side to come up with the tedious 'Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve' style arguments instead of just recognising that some people are different." - Douglas Murray
Welcome to the site! Ever think about writing? You seem to have a good imagination.
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Except no one claims Odin is omnibenevolent. He wasn't as randy as Zeus, but I wouldn't exactly hold that against him. And if you want to name a god that liked to fuck with people, you might as well name Loki.
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Absolutely. My perception is that Loki was more about the fun of fucking with people, where Odin could be completely... well, Cheney about it. Which would make him more of a dick, in my book.
Did the OP talk about omnibenevolence? I'll have to look. I was mostly just teasin' anyway.
"Yes, I seriously believe that consciousness is a product of a natural process. I find that the neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers who proceed from that premise are the ones who are actually making useful contributions to our understanding of the mind." - PZ Myers
Good point.
I personally still have no idea what kind of God is out there let alone the attributes or "personality" or if it even has one.
...But you are sure there is one, nevertheless.
Man, that's funny.
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Kevin, you really have to settle on an avatar.
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yes... but he has to explain wtf that one is, first!
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Oh, sorry.
Does it cause the server a bit of grief when they're cycled through so frequently?
It's an armored truck (I used a Brinks model as a reference), but a Bad Thing went into it.
- Leon Trotsky, Last Will & Testament
February 27, 1940
synapses arent firing... i should know what it is, shouldnt i o_O?
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Um. Probably not, Doomy, given that it's a personal project I'm working on.
right... well... when you put a powerclaw and a stormbolter on a polar bear... you got my attention!
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