Does god make a good parent?

[waitasec]

Actually, I've been saying exactly the opposite on two threads. God doesn't command in all things, but expects us to do good of our own free will.

how can he expect us to do good if we are innately evil?


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and to add
thanks to MeMyself, where in the bible does it say that we are [also] innately good?

 

[Me Myself]

Webster's dictionary says "evil" can also mean harmful, injurious, unlucky or disasterous.

We may be evil, but we are also the opposite.

so we are gray, not black or white

 

[waitasec]

i read this on another thread and thought it would be apropos to the thread

.... It takes a lot more backbone and courage to become a person who is deserving of respect than it does to beat on people who won't respect you despite your lack of merit.

how does god deserve respect if it is something one is pressured or manipulated in to doing in order to show their reverence?

 

[Watchmen]

how can he expect us to do good if we are innately evil?


edit:
and to add
thanks to MeMyself, where in the bible does it say that we are [also] innately good?

We are not innately evil. After all, we were made in God's image.

 

[Watchmen]

i read this on another thread and thought it would be apropos to the thread


how does god deserve respect if it is something one is pressured or manipulated in to doing in order to show their reverence?

Learning to respect and be reverent is not for God's benefit - it's for ours.

 

[waitasec]

We are not innately evil. After all, we were made in God's image.

i think we have the capacity to be innately good and evil.
where do you find in the scriptures where is stipulates that we are innately good? it doesn't seem to fit if we are in need of salvation

 

[waitasec]

Learning to respect and be reverent is not for God's benefit - it's for ours.

but why is it commanded in such a way that we are in danger if we don't?

 

[Me Myself]

Learning to respect and be reverent is not for God's benefit - it's for ours.

If you don´t do what is best for you I will send you to a place of eternal suffering and if you ask me to please get you out iof there I will never say yes because I tried to help you to be good with you, but you didn´t listen

I am not a good parent, I am an AWESOME parent.

 

[waitasec]

If you don´t do what is best for you I will send you to a place of eternal suffering and if you ask me to please get you out iof there I will never say yes because I tried to help you to be good with you, but you didn´t listen

I am not a good parent, I am an AWESOME parent.

flex them muscles....

 

[Walkntune]

If a parent tells their child was worthless, evil and lucky to be kept alive, what kind of person would that child turn out to be? If a parent executed their child for second guessing them or for disobeying, is that setting a standard for an exemplary parent? I hear this all the time, 'god loves us like a father would.' I couldn’t disagree more. 1st, as a parent, my love is unconditional and I would never set my child up for failure just so he would have to depend on me for everything, from buying a car/house to getting a better job or meeting the right person. My will would trump his and nothing good can come from him and the only good thing about him isn’t him it’s his faith in me…
I think god would FAIL as a parent.
Any thoughts?

Sure God is love.Without love what worth do you have?

 

[waitasec]

Sure God is love.Without love what worth do you have?

huh??

as a parent i try to instill self worth and confidence in my child...
i try to focus and bring attention to his strengths in order to attain that confidence and keep me out of the picture.
i don't see the god of the bible doing that.

 

[McBell]

Sure God is love.Without love what worth do you have?

What does this have to do with the post you quoted in your reply?

 

[Watchmen]

If you don´t do what is best for you I will send you to a place of eternal suffering and if you ask me to please get you out iof there I will never say yes because I tried to help you to be good with you, but you didn´t listen

I am not a good parent, I am an AWESOME parent.

That's your view of God. Not mine.

 

[krsnaraja]

If God does not make a good parent where would you be?

 

[Watchmen]

i think we have the capacity to be innately good and evil.
where do you find in the scriptures where is stipulates that we are innately good? it doesn't seem to fit if we are in need of salvation

I think it's implied by the fact that we're made in God's image and that we're commanded to be perfect. Just because are innately good does not mean we fall short sometimes. Because we do, salvation is necessary. It's through salvation that we become perfect and fulfill the commandment.

 

[krsnaraja]

If God does not make a good parent where would you be?

Where would I be (asking myself )?

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[waitasec]

I think it's implied by the fact that we're made in God's image and that we're commanded to be perfect. Just because are innately good does not mean we fall short sometimes. Because we do, salvation is necessary. It's through salvation that we become perfect and fulfill the commandment.

i don't see how that would fit...
even though my son has my genes why would i, or why should i expect him to be exactly like me?

that would be absurd, don't you think?

 

[krsnaraja]

i don't see how that would fit...
even though my son has my genes why would i, or why should i expect him to be exactly like me?

that would be absurd, don't you think?

We keep on forgetting that God has a wife. Krishna`s father for example have two wives Devaki & Rohini. Krishna who is God had 16,108 wives at Dwaraka. The above post is moot and academic.

 

[Watchmen]

i don't see how that would fit...
even though my son has my genes why would i, or why should i expect him to be exactly like me?

that would be absurd, don't you think?

I didn't say we are "exactly" like God. If that were the case, this whole experience would be unnecessary. What I mean is that because we are made in God's image (and that image is good) then we too must be innately good. Does that mean we are perfect? No.

 

[Willamena]

Does god make a good parent?

He made mine. So, yes.