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God is dangerous
- Thread starter Thief
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Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
One could argue it is the human mind that made God, so how can God be dangerous? It's a mental puppet.
Dangerous to what?
Tom
Dunno...I just finished watching Infinity Wars...
I mean, Thanos isn't actually a God, but he gave Thor all he could handle. Am I right?
Epic Beard Man
Bearded Philosopher
Humans are more dangerous. Humans irreligiously have killed each other since we began to exist on this planet.
Epic Beard Man
Bearded Philosopher
A Vestigial Mote
Well-Known Member
I would agree that if God exists (a huge, way way out there "if"), then He/She/It would be the most dangerous thing (to humans) in existence.
This is mostly because His/Her/Its moral landscape does not need to be aligned with the human moral landscape whatsoever. And, if we can take The Bible as evidence, it basically proves that God's moral directives don't necessarily adhere to the human view of morality. Which makes Him/Her/It just as dangerous as any sociopath/psychopath, with the added bonus of this being having ultimate power.
Cases in point:
- Wiping out an entire planet of men, women, children and most all land animals with a flood.
- Killing the first born male children (some of which were babies - let's not kid ourselves about this) in The Passover. This was, quite literally, an act of terrorism. God held a gun to the children's heads and told the parents he'd pull the trigger if they didn't recognize His/Her/Its authority. God then pulled the trigger - targeting the children with His/Her/Its wrath (instead of those He/She/It was actually angered with) - and blamed the parents for the children's death.
- Playing mind games with Abraham, requesting that he kill his own son and then reneging, but telling Abraham he was a good/faithful servant for making the attempt. How the correct response shouldn't have been for Abraham to tell God to go stuff himself I will never understand.
- Never once appearing/acting to straighten out the record with slews of whole generations of people He/She/It supposedly "loves." What a crock.
So has much of the rest of life - I think we are actually better in most regards - some of us regret it all.
Yeah, so what! Many things are dangerous in life, what does that mean.
Can you expand a little on what you mean by the above?
james blunt
Well-Known Member
Mostly in the name of God.
james blunt
Well-Known Member
Yes , power does not necessarily need miracles, power needs control .
Who is God a danger to if there is nothing but God?
james blunt
Well-Known Member
Gods self ?
Since we have no verifiable evidence of a God, God can be whatever you imagine God to be.
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Phantasman
Well-Known Member
Jesus would agree.
John:
41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
Religion(s) is the true danger. Which equates to men being the greatest danger.
John:
41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
Religion(s) is the true danger. Which equates to men being the greatest danger.