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- From: gordons@coopsol.com (Gordon Storga)
- Subject: Re: some gods are _not_ creaters of all things, apparently
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.221854.4319@coopsol.com>
- Organization: Stay Awake Software
- References: <1992Jul8.214931.24675@acd4.acd.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 22:18:54 GMT
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- <1992Jul8.214931.24675@acd4.acd.com> wdo@TEFS1.acd.com (Bill Overpeck) said:
- ><2609@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> dcwst8+@pitt.edu (David C Winters) writes: >
- >>So, anything that god does is OK, because he is god? He can take away
- >>everything someone has, and then justify it by saying "That is OK, he
- >>still has his faith in me, never mind that his life is ruined?"
- >>He can order someone to kill his own son as a sacrifice? He can
- >>demolish entire cities?
- >
- >Why does God have to justify His behavior to us?
-
- Because I say so. This reason holds about as much water as your assertion
- that he doesn't have to justify it to us.
-
- >>Sorry, it does not wash. No one, not even the creators of a law, are to
- >>be held above the law.
- >
- >Whose rule is that? Why would it apply to God?
-
- Because I say so.
-
- >>If your god will start living by the rules that
- >>he has (supposedly) made for us to follow, then he _might_ get a bit of
- >>respect from me.
- >
- >Why should an infinite God be subject to the same set of rules that
- >apply to you and I?
-
- Because I say he should be.
-
- >>I really don't care if you choose to revel in these delusions in your
- >>home/fantasy life,
- >
- >Religious beliefs don't necessarily constitute delusions, at least
- >according to the American Psychiatric Association.
-
- But they are an indication.
-
- >Your complaints proceed from the premise that God simply isn't there.
-
- That is the base premise. Now you need to provide proof that a god *is*
- there.
-
- >It's easy to be flippant when you're measuring your ethics against
- >a myth. Yet if (for the sake of argument) God is there, your criti-
- >cisms are insignificant.
-
- Why?
-
- >So, since it's obviously easier to simply say "I don't believe in
- >God" than to spend time arguing that He doesn't exist, why bother?
-
- Because so many want to impose their morals on the basis of the existence
- of an all loving god that will destroy us if we misbehave.
-
-
- Gordon
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