Is God ....White?

[ecco]

the title is for you kneejerkers

I don't think God is white
or black
or human
or even physical

...or even real.

but I do think He is dangerous

and these petty squabbles we have
are a sure fire way to bring down the damnation

The concepts of gods are dangerous. They divide people against each other. But so far that divisiveness hasn't ended the human race.

Your "the damnation" is just another example of the divisiveness of gods and religions.

 

[Jimmy]

the title is for you kneejerkers

I don't think God is white
or black
or human
or even physical

but I do think He is dangerous

and these petty squabbles we have
are a sure fire way to bring down the damnation

any nay sayers?

The only God I see that could strike fear into the heart of man would be that of one you defined as the infinite universe. But on the other hand the infinite universe can be equally as comforting to a mans heart.

 

[February-Saturday]

The concepts of gods are dangerous. They divide people against each other. But so far that divisiveness hasn't ended the human race.

Your "the damnation" is just another example of the divisiveness of gods and religions.

People divide each other over what brand of soda they drink, does that make sodas dangerous?

Maybe humanity is just naturally prone to conflict, and religion is a symptom rather than a cause.

 

[Revoltingest]

Non-existent beings are not dangerous and have no color.

They're clear.
Try to disprove this!

 

[Jimmy]

They're clear.
Try to disprove this!

Gods, whether they exist or not don't need proof.

 

[Revoltingest]

Gods, whether they exist or not don't need proof.

It's just a humorous challenge to Poly.

 

[Jimmy]

It's just a humorous challenge to Poly.

lol I see

 

[`mud]

Another absence of a presence !

 

[ecco]

People divide each other over what brand of soda they drink, does that make sodas dangerous?

Really?

The European wars of religion were a series of Christian religious wars which were waged in Europe during the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries.[1][2] Fought after the Protestant Reformation began in 1517, the wars disrupted the religious and political order in the Catholic countries of Europe.

3,000,000 - 11,500,000 Thirty Years' War Holy Roman Empire 1618 1648 30 years Protestants (mainly Lutherans, Reformed and Hussites) against Catholics
2,000,000 - 4,000,000[37] French Wars of Religion France 1562 1598 36 years Protestants (mainly Reformed) against Catholics​

I tried to find analogies to Coke and Pepsi but couldn't.

 

[Left Coast]

I've seen God's son in many paintings and he's definitely white.

True, but not the way you're thinking.

 

[Mike.Hester]

Start at page one of the bible and read to the end. Yes the gods are dangerous!

 

[February-Saturday]

Really?

The European wars of religion were a series of Christian religious wars which were waged in Europe during the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries.[1][2] Fought after the Protestant Reformation began in 1517, the wars disrupted the religious and political order in the Catholic countries of Europe.

3,000,000 - 11,500,000 Thirty Years' War Holy Roman Empire 1618 1648 30 years Protestants (mainly Lutherans, Reformed and Hussites) against Catholics
2,000,000 - 4,000,000[37] French Wars of Religion France 1562 1598 36 years Protestants (mainly Reformed) against Catholics​

I tried to find analogies to Coke and Pepsi but couldn't.

Maybe I wasn't clear. I'll address your specific examples here.

You're right, these are religious wars. More importantly, they're ideological wars based off of different values, with political reasons contributing to them. Taking away religion doesn't take away war. There will always be something to disagree on and fight to the death over.

Religion has historically been pretty much synonymous with ideology, which didn't really change until after the middle ages, and it still hasn't, really, throughout much of the world. It was the big thing to disagree on. Now the big thing tends to be economic policy.

The problem isn't that a whole bunch of people are religious. That's a weird conclusion. The problem is that people hash out minor disagreements through large-scale violent conflict, and as a species we're prone to nasty tribalism on even the simplest of matters like preferred cola.

 

[1213]

the title is for you kneejerkers

I don't think God is white
...

Bible tells God is spirit and love. Bible doesn’t say God is white.

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
John 4:24

He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love.
1 John 4:8

And maybe all are black, but some are just brighter than others.

 

[columbus]

Non-existent beings are not dangerous and have no color.

As a gay man, I totally disagree.

Non-existent beings can incite violence and oppression and cultural destruction. They are very dangerous.
Tom

 

[ecco]

The problem is that people hash out minor disagreements through large-scale violent conflict, and as a species we're prone to nasty tribalism on even the simplest of matters like preferred cola.

You still have not shown any Coke - Pepsi wars that resulted in tens of thousands of deaths.

 

[February-Saturday]

You still have not shown any Coke - Pepsi wars that resulted in tens of thousands of deaths.

Yes, because I never claimed they were and that has nothing to do with the point I was making.

 

[Polymath257]

As a gay man, I totally disagree.

Non-existent beings can incite violence and oppression and cultural destruction. They are very dangerous.
Tom

It isn't the non-existent beings that are the problem. It is the people who think they know what the non-existent being want that are the problem.

 

[columbus]

It isn't the non-existent beings that are the problem. It is the people who think they know what the non-existent being want that are the problem.

I don't think that's true.
I don't think that most people would be as dangerous if there weren't a fictional character purportedly writing Scripture.
Tom

 

[ecco]

Yes, because I never claimed they were and that has nothing to do with the point I was making.

Really?

The problem is that people hash out minor disagreements through large-scale violent conflict, and as a species we're prone to nasty tribalism on even the simplest of matters like preferred cola.

 

[February-Saturday]

Really?

Really really. Feel free to re-read my posts.