What are the consequences of mocking God?

[AxisMundi]

It there an effect?

Other than my aged mom slapping my up side the head if I do it around her?

None whatsoever.

 

[Thief]

Here you go.....

Mockery makes first an assumption....
You are greater than what you mock.

If God is God....He is...
bigger, faster, stronger, more intelligent, and greatly experienced.
This can also be said of His angels.
God has one additional attribute...creator.

Mockery of That which put you together?
Are you not dust?

If you are more than dust...a spirit...a soul....
Is not your soul at risk?

I heard somewhere...and in recent days tried to relocate where I read it....
'Fear not whatever can rend your flesh...rather you should fear, He who can rend your soul.'

Some of you prefer to say God is love.
Some of you lean toward saying...'otherwise'.

What you declare will stand over you,
as you breath your last breath.

 

[logician]

Here you go.....

Mockery makes first an assumption....
You are greater than what you mock.

If God is God....He is...
bigger, faster, stronger, more intelligent, and greatly experienced.
This can also be said of His angels.
God has one additional attribute...creator.

Mockery of That which put you together?
Are you not dust?

If you are more than dust...a spirit...a soul....
Is not your soul at risk?

I heard somewhere...and in recent days tried to relocate where I read it....
'Fear not whatever can rend your flesh...rather you should fear, He who can rend your soul.'

Some of you prefer to say God is love.
Some of you lean toward saying...'otherwise'.

What you declare will stand over you,
as you breath your last breath.

So you say atheists mock a supposed god?:sleep:

 

[Thief]

So you say atheists mock a supposed god?:sleep:

Thread title.....
What are the consequences of mocking God?

If you don't believe in life after death....how then to participate?
You can make all the jokes you want...then die.

If you do believe in life after death....but no God?....
There is still an Almighty.
Someone with all the attributes listed.
As for that one attribute of creation...you'll have to take that up with Him.

Mockery is safe, only if you are the Almighty.

 

[AxisMundi]

Thread title.....
What are the consequences of mocking God?

If you don't believe in life after death....how then to participate?
You can make all the jokes you want...then die.

If you do believe in life after death....but no God?....
There is still an Almighty.
Someone with all the attributes listed.
As for that one attribute of creation...you'll have to take that up with Him.

Mockery is safe, only if you are the Almighty.

And your evidence for said "Almighty"?

 

[xkatz]

He will send me to assassinate you!

 

[Erebus]

I think any worthwhile deity would view some human mocking them with apathy or pity. I doubt mocking most deities will do much at all.

 

[Copernicus]

One incurs the wrath of some of those who believe in the reality of god -- nothing more.

I like this answer. It sounds ironic that those who lavish their utmost praise on their god would think that god to be so weak-minded as to feel hurt or insulted by mockery. But mockery of a god comes off as an insult directed at believers, whose egos are more fragile than their gods. Also, it poses a threat to religious faith, which requires a great deal of effort to maintain. People quite often tend to gravitate towards beliefs held by large numbers of other people. Mockery threatens to attack the popularity of a belief.

So why would God punish someone for mocking him? I do not see the threat of divine punishment as aimed at the faithless, but more at the faithful. Those threats are cautionary tales for believers.

 

[DeitySlayer]

Long story short: **** ALL

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I think any worthwhile deity would view some human mocking them with apathy or pity. I doubt mocking most deities will do much at all.

I believe that any gods that be are above petty, trivial human emotions and dim-witted demands. I do not believe that any god would have the arrogance to actually send wrath to a human who would ridicule god. I am very confident that any god is above giving into the simple minded demands of "if there is a god, then do this." I just don't see any of the lower human emotions being something that a god would be adhering to.

 

[AxisMundi]

I think any worthwhile deity would view some human mocking them with apathy or pity. I doubt mocking most deities will do much at all.

Anyone who cannot laugh at themselves has issues, deity or not.

 

[Rainbow Mage]

One cannot mock God, dust1n. God is beyond mocking, seeing as mocking is something the carnal mind does. One who mocks God does not harm God, they only harm themselves by mocking themselves.

 

[Thief]

You people are not thinking this through.....

If you believe God to be the Creator....
He will not tolerate that His creation would mock Him.
Mockery is not just an act of insult...it is defiance.

If you made anything...by your own hand....and it fails to perform as it should,
what would you do?
That we fail...is not an act of God.
We have free will, and mockery is a poor choice.

But let's say for continuing this thread, that God is indifferent.
Then it should be expected, that all who follow Him, will follow as per His leadership.
That someone else would mock God, and God is in different...
so too will be your servitude.
You may not respond.

I think it to be unlikely that mockery has no consequence.
That you would mock God in this life, is dealt in this life.
That you will not be allowed to follow, after your last breath.....
is dealt in the next life.

 

[AxisMundi]

You people are not thinking this through.....

If you believe God to be the Creator....
He will not tolerate that His creation would mock Him.
Mockery is not just an act of insult...it is defiance.

If you made anything...by your own hand....and it fails to perform as it should,
what would you do?
That we fail...is not an act of God.
We have free will, and mockery is a poor choice.

But let's say for continuing this thread, that God is indifferent.
Then it should be expected, that all who follow Him, will follow as per His leadership.
That someone else would mock God, and God is in different...
so too will be your servitude.
You may not respond.

I think it to be unlikely that mockery has no consequence.
That you would mock God in this life, is dealt in this life.
That you will not be allowed to follow, after your last breath.....
is dealt in the next life.

And you are authorised to speak for your god how?

 

[Thief]

And you are authorised to speak for your god how?

Consider the alternative.....

Someday I will die.
I will have only one desire waiting for me....to stand up.
I will try.

If I succeed....Someone will coming looking to see what came up from the dust.

They will ask of me a question, and when I reply....one of two things will happen.
I will be allowed to follow...or not.

If I am allowed to follow, it will be that I said what I should have.
It will be evident...I know well enough...I know better.

As we proceed, They will also ask if I told anyone else.
If I say 'no', They will proceed without me, as I did not relieve my fellowman, of his ignorance.
If I know better and say nothing....
Am I any better than the devil, who would have you ignorant?

But of course, if I speak and then report who I spoke to....
That's when your name comes up.

They will come looking for you.

 

[Copernicus]

You people are not thinking this through.....

If you believe God to be the Creator....
He will not tolerate that His creation would mock Him.
Mockery is not just an act of insult...it is defiance.

Not everyone who believes God to be the Creator believes that he has such a thin skin. Some like to imagine him as letting bygones be bygones. You seem to see him as an omniscient being who gets surprised and angry at the behavior of his creations. As if he didn't see that coming.

If you made anything...by your own hand....and it fails to perform as it should,
what would you do?

If I were omniscient and omnipotent, it would always behave as I expected. I certainly would not get angry at expected performance, especially if I had the option not to build flaws into the thing I created.

That we fail...is not an act of God.
We have free will, and mockery is a poor choice.

Again, what outcome do you think God expected? A different one than occurred?

But let's say for continuing this thread, that God is indifferent.
Then it should be expected, that all who follow Him, will follow as per His leadership.
That someone else would mock God, and God is in different...
so too will be your servitude.
You may not respond.

I would respond that what you have just written is incoherent. If God were indifferent, then he would not care whether people felt devoted to him or didn't like him. That's the nature of indifference.

I think it to be unlikely that mockery has no consequence.
That you would mock God in this life, is dealt in this life.
That you will not be allowed to follow, after your last breath.....
is dealt in the next life.

This is a little more coherent than the preceding paragraph. You appear to believe that God will take it poorly that he was mocked. All of us have been mocked from time to time. The better among us are able to handle it without wishing to take revenge, inflict harm, or get even. Many even do not care whether they are mocked by others. Surely God would behave better than the best among humans, would he not? After all, he is supposed to be a perfect being.

 

[AxisMundi]

Consider the alternative.....

Someday I will die.
I will have only one desire waiting for me....to stand up.
I will try.

If I succeed....Someone will coming looking to see what came up from the dust.

They will ask of me a question, and when I reply....one of two things will happen.
I will be allowed to follow...or not.

If I am allowed to follow, it will be that I said what I should have.
It will be evident...I know well enough...I know better.

As we proceed, They will also ask if I told anyone else.
If I say 'no', They will proceed without me, as I did not relieve my fellowman, of his ignorance.
If I know better and say nothing....
Am I any better than the devil, who would have you ignorant?

But of course, if I speak and then report who I spoke to....
That's when your name comes up.

They will come looking for you.

Bla bla bla, more tHeospam holy babble.

I've got better things to do than listen to your unsubstantiated babble.

Off to the ignore list with you.

"Thief" is an approapiate username for you, since all you do is steal bandwidth for your theospam.

 

[Thief]

Not everyone who believes God to be the Creator believes that he has such a thin skin. Some like to imagine him as letting bygones be bygones. You seem to see him as an omniscient being who gets surprised and angry at the behavior of his creations. As if he didn't see that coming.

If I were omniscient and omnipotent, it would always behave as I expected. I certainly would not get angry at expected performance, especially if I had the option not to build flaws into the thing I created.

Again, what outcome do you think God expected? A different one than occurred?

I would respond that what you have just written is incoherent. If God were indifferent, then he would not care whether people felt devoted to him or didn't like him. That's the nature of indifference.

This is a little more coherent than the preceding paragraph. You appear to believe that God will take it poorly that he was mocked. All of us have been mocked from time to time. The better among us are able to handle it without wishing to take revenge, inflict harm, or get even. Many even do not care whether they are mocked by others. Surely God would behave better than the best among humans, would he not? After all, he is supposed to be a perfect being.

This was written for another thread....
To answer the question 'why are we here?'
I quote myself.....


"You don't need scripture of any kind to answer this.
Look in the mirror.

Your form has five senses. Each is different, but yields it's portion of perception to your mind.
You have two eyes to view your surroundings, two feet to change those surroundings
and two hands to manipulate as you see fit.
There is no mystery to life.
All of this is a learning experience.

Why?

Picture yourself as God....yes you can.
Look in the 'mirror'.
Your reflection is perfect....but there is no conversation.
Each question you would ask, would have the perfect answer.

You are alone.

There is the universe...the creation...and though it responds to your touch...
it does not really respond.

Man is that part of creation that is unique.
Your linear existence insures it.
Your lack of knowing all things...creates 'the' question.

Would you like to question God?
Go ahead.
It's what He has been waiting for."


We are not perfect. We were not meant to be.
Imperfection does seem to lean to denial....some people insist upon it.
But after your last breath...after you stand up from the dust....
will you continue to say 'nay'?

 

[Copernicus]

Thief, you did not respond to my post. I did not ask why we were here or why we were created. Perhaps you believe that copying and pasting one of your posts from another thread counts as a response, but it doesn't.

 

[Thief]

Thief, you did not respond to my post. I did not ask why we were here or why we were created. Perhaps you believe that copying and pasting one of your posts from another thread counts as a response, but it doesn't.

What? you can't put the two ideas together?

Your posted questions make one assumption after another.
No...not all people believe Him to be greatly anticipating.
That would take away conversation.
If He knew each question before you ask...the novelty of your linear existence would be lost.

If heaven is a place of peace....
You must make allowance who enters...who doesn't.
When you stand up from your last breath, Someone might ask you a question.
Your response displays your thinking...your feeling.

Will there be any 'nay saying' when you get to the 'door'?
Or do you assume...all are welcome?
Most religions seem to carry some...nay saying.

As for God saying 'nay'.....
Heaven belongs to Him.
There have been rumors of angels being thrown out.
Even His 'favored angel'.