You appear to be claiming that being our father would make him care about us. Sorry - that simply makes no sense to me. It's almost as if you were unaware of bad fathers.MG 2.0 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 23, 2022 4:17 pmSimply put. If God is our Father then just good ol’ common sense would tell us that He loves and cares about us. And that He has our long term best interests in mind.malkie wrote: ↑Fri Sep 23, 2022 3:58 pm
Again, you seem to be missing the point. How do I seem to have a preference - please show me where I express that preference for an unkind god - when the thrust of my argument is that we (you and I and everyone else) cannot know?
I believe that you are the one showing a distinct preference! I'm just pointing out that you have demonstrated no rational basis for your preference.
The alternative just doesn’t make any sense. Unless you’re placing God in the same category as the Greek/Roman pantheon.
If I were to believe in god it would not be because I chose to do so, and I find it really difficult to imagine how I could possibly make such a choice. Perhaps that is all that is needed to explain how differently we see things. You feel able to make a choice about something that I feel compelled by evidence (or lack thereof) to believe or disbelieve, as the case may be.If you were to believe in God would you choose to believe in something other than a loving, kind, and compassionate God? Again, forgive me, but you seem to have a predisposition towards seeing God as a vengeful dictator kind of guy.
As far as god's nature goes, it's almost as if you feel able to - choose to? - ignore the god of the old testament. For Mormons, that's the same person as gentle Jesus, meek and mild.
Again, not something that I feel is amenable to choice, or preference. The available evidence doesn't compel me to believe in any version of the god of the Bible.If you knew that a creator God was more likely to be loving and kind vs. hateful and vengeful would you be more likely to believe?
Regards,
MG