God is Love?

[_America Jane]

lol You had me at Divine Mulitplicity. If I google Higher Order of Angels what am I going to find?

I Fancy you will find Many Names. And many lenses through which to read them Correctly.

[_just me]

Official girl crush on America Jane.

[_Drifting]

God demonstrating His love...

 12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.

 13 ¶And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.

 14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.

 15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

 16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord.

 17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

 18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

[_quark]

Instead, I am beginning to see God as a complex being with all sorts of different emotions; all that we have and perhaps maybe then, some.

snip...

In other words, God is just a regular joe, like you and me.

H.

a joe, yes.
regular? nah.

He will be there, all pink and gold and glittering
You might come to weaping
As you wrap your arms around his legs
Your body bruised
Will be set alight
He will overcome you like some holy rite
Isn't it strange,
That a ghost should be so practical?

[_Philidel]

Who was it who said if your next door neighbor acted like God, you would call the cops on him?

What I don't understand is why people like bcspace celebrate the rotten things God is alleged to do. They seem to get a vicarious thrill out of believing that someday God's gonna kick some serious apostate ass.

----Paging Dr. Freud. Paging Dr. Freud.---

Yes, strikes me the same way.

[_quark]

What I don't understand is why people like bcspace celebrate the rotten things God is alleged to do. They seem to get a vicarious thrill out of believing that someday God's gonna kick some serious apostate ass.

----Paging Dr. Freud. Paging Dr. Freud.---

Yes, strikes me the same way.

It kind of makes you think of Toby Keith's Courtesy song.

[_consiglieri]

Isn't it strange that God commands us to love and forgive everyone but doesn't feel the need to follow his own counsel? I can't think of anyone I hate--so that must mean I'm a better Christian than bcspace's God.

I really like what Joseph Smith said in this regard--that God requires us to forgive those who ask for forgiveness, but that should we go the extra mile and forgive those who have not asked for forgiveness, God might well extend us the same courtesy.

All the Best!

--Consiglieri

[_consiglieri]

In other words, God is just a regular joe, like you and me.

H.

Well, either God is just a regular joe, or those who describe him in scripture were regular joes, ascribing their personal attributes to God.

I think maybe what some ancient peoples considered positive attributes (such as warfare and revenge) are no longer considered so positive, and so we seek to explain away those troublesome attributes within the paradigm of our newer set of positive attributes (such as love and mercy).

This can lead to ridiculous conclusions.

See Justlooking24's comments.

All the Best!

--Consiglieri

P.S. Sorry if I seem all over the map on this issue. It is not settled in my mind. The one thing I am certain of is that God's reported killing of men, women and children en masse at several instances in the Bible cannot rationally be imputed to his fatherly kindness.

[_quark]

I think maybe what some ancient peoples considered positive attributes (such as warfare and revenge) are no longer considered so positive...

...or maybe people actually believed God could make mistakes. Let us not be so quick to judge the good folks of our past. :)

[_consiglieri]

How sad, sorry and twisted such a statement is. The Higher Orders of Angels are always puzzled when They come across such expressions. Why turn away from Divine Multiplicity? And yet some prefer Hell Fire Side Shows where the Ignorant ape what they have mistaken for God.

Beautifully put, AJ!

I am starting to think we must opt either for Divine Multiplicity or Divine Duplicity.


All the Best!

--Consiglieri