God Is Love?

[logician]

Why is that?

Because it is an obvious attempt to elevate humans to some kind of god status, or at least put them on the same playing field.

 

[Guitar's Cry]

1. The same point holds if we assume a god must have the traits and faults of humans.

2. Agreed.

3. I don't necessarily agree with this, a god could be just a universal consiousness with no form or "human" traits.

Agreed on all counts. Except that I am discussing God as an idea, not as any objective being. This is essentially to highlight the reason why some believe that "God is love."

 

[Guitar's Cry]

Because it is an obvious attempt to elevate humans to some kind of god status, or at least put them on the same playing field.

Because we are anthropocentric creatures.

 

[sojourner]

**sigh** My common sense.

I'm sorry. I can't seem to find LogDog's common sense in the picture. I see a vulture and a child. Could you elucidate, please?

 

[Bishka]

Because it is an obvious attempt to elevate humans to some kind of god status, or at least put them on the same playing field.

Why is that so horrible? To strive to be perfect, and all-loving and merciful?

 

[LogDog]

**sigh** OK...what is it about the picture that leads you to assert that "'god'" is not?

I'm sorry. I can't seem to find LogDog's common sense in the picture. I see a vulture and a child. Could you elucidate, please?

Allow me to elucidate my dear fellow. This image leads me to assert that "god is not" because it represents the lunacy of the god myth. It represents how laughable the notion of an all-knowing, all-loving god really is and it represents the preposterous claims of scripture and dogma. This image is a springboard. It's a launchpad to reason. It represents common sense and the illogical nature of religion as a whole. God isn't love. God isn't at all.

 

[sojourner]

Allow me to elucidate my dear fellow. This image leads me to assert that "god is not" because it represents the lunacy of the god myth. It represents how laughable the notion of an all-knowing, all-loving god really is and it represents the preposterous claims of scripture and dogma. This image is a springboard. It's a launchpad to reason. It represents common sense and the illogical nature of religion as a whole. God isn't love. God isn't at all.

In what way does it "represent the lunacy of the God-myth?" How is it "a lauchpad to reason?"