Francesca Stavrakopoulou - Book - "God An Anatomy"

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Dastardly
If he were the type of “all knowing” people say he is then that shouldn’t be a problem. He should be able to put it in a way that people would get it. He can’t be said to be good if he puts it in a way he knows people will not get and then complain those who can’t possibly understand as much as he are too stupid to get it and thus deserve his wrath. That’s abuse, not love.
Looks to me like you are on the verge of the lightbulb going on as to where to go now that this paradigm doesn't work for you...
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Philo Sofee wrote:
Mon Nov 21, 2022 3:47 am
Dastardly
If he were the type of “all knowing” people say he is then that shouldn’t be a problem. He should be able to put it in a way that people would get it. He can’t be said to be good if he puts it in a way he knows people will not get and then complain those who can’t possibly understand as much as he are too stupid to get it and thus deserve his wrath. That’s abuse, not love.
Looks to me like you are on the verge of the lightbulb going on as to where to go now that this paradigm doesn't work for you...
Where shall I turn to, Lord?
“Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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dastardly stem wrote:
Mon Nov 21, 2022 2:40 pm
Philo Sofee wrote:
Mon Nov 21, 2022 3:47 am


Looks to me like you are on the verge of the lightbulb going on as to where to go now that this paradigm doesn't work for you...
Where shall I turn to, Lord?
You already know, just follow the hints...
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Re: Francesca Stavrakopoulou - Book - "God An Anatomy"

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Philo Sofee wrote:
Tue Nov 22, 2022 12:29 am
dastardly stem wrote:
Mon Nov 21, 2022 2:40 pm


Where shall I turn to, Lord?
You already know, just follow the hints...
So he’s not all knowing nor good? Sounds about right all things considered.
“Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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dastardly stem wrote:
Tue Nov 22, 2022 2:13 am
Philo Sofee wrote:
Tue Nov 22, 2022 12:29 am

You already know, just follow the hints...
So he’s not all knowing nor good? Sounds about right all things considered.
Not in human anthropomorphic sense, probably not... you need to quit looking at the God man has made in his image I would suspect. At least that is the angle I am working on for now... none of the man made gods match up, again, rather obviously, so why worry about what they do or do not comport to?
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Philo Sofee wrote:
Tue Nov 22, 2022 3:04 am
dastardly stem wrote:
Tue Nov 22, 2022 2:13 am


So he’s not all knowing nor good? Sounds about right all things considered.
Not in human anthropomorphic sense, probably not... you need to quit looking at the God man has made in his image I would suspect.
You are looking at a God which man has not made in his image?
At least that is the angle I am working on for now... none of the man made gods match up, again, rather obviously, so why worry about what they do or do not comport to?
What is God if not a man-made imagined idea? How would anyone know?
“Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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dastardly stem wrote:
Tue Nov 22, 2022 2:36 pm
Philo Sofee wrote:
Tue Nov 22, 2022 3:04 am

Not in human anthropomorphic sense, probably not... you need to quit looking at the God man has made in his image I would suspect.
You are looking at a God which man has not made in his image?
At least that is the angle I am working on for now... none of the man made gods match up, again, rather obviously, so why worry about what they do or do not comport to?
What is God if not a man-made imagined idea? How would anyone know?
Good questions... I dunno
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Philo Sofee wrote:
Wed Nov 23, 2022 1:35 pm
dastardly stem wrote:
Tue Nov 22, 2022 2:36 pm


You are looking at a God which man has not made in his image?



What is God if not a man-made imagined idea? How would anyone know?
Good questions... I dunno
Then atheism seems to be the only reasonable conclusion it appears. It seems if we can't reason our way to God all we have is an assumed imagined idea.
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dastardly stem wrote:
Wed Nov 23, 2022 2:06 pm
Philo Sofee wrote:
Wed Nov 23, 2022 1:35 pm


Good questions... I dunno
Then atheism seems to be the only reasonable conclusion it appears. It seems if we can't reason our way to God all we have is an assumed imagined idea.
Yeah, that's one point of view...
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Philo Sofee wrote:
Thu Nov 24, 2022 7:19 am
dastardly stem wrote:
Wed Nov 23, 2022 2:06 pm


Then atheism seems to be the only reasonable conclusion it appears. It seems if we can't reason our way to God all we have is an assumed imagined idea.
Yeah, that's one point of view...
And what’s another?
“Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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