Poll
Question:
Is God A Psycho?
Option 1: Yes
votes: 4
Option 2: No
votes: 0
Option 3: Sometimes, but he's only pretending to. He is testing us
votes: 0
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As an atheist, I don't have to worry about any of this shit but here are some questions for believers about the nature; character and motivation of their so called savior. I keep asking them but they don't seem to have answers.
What was God's objective when he embarked on his creation project? Why did he bother when he already knew it would cause trouble .
And why aren't you afraid of the fact that your God is consistently depicted as a psychopathic, narcissistic, peeping tom twisted by hate and bile and rage. Why do you give constant, fawning praise to this monster? For what? For killing everyone in a flood and sending us shit like leprosy and Bubonic Plague and Polio. For expecting us to thank him for gifting us earthquakes and tsunami's and soldiers capable of raping and killing babies.
More to the point, why would you even want the twat to exist?
When the concept of god was created, ultimately the question arose as to why he created us. There are probably many answers, but the most consistent one is that we were created to worship him. Why a perfect, beyond understanding all inclusive god who can do literally anything needs to be worshiped, I do not know. But that does lend itself as evidence that god is made up, since creating us for the sole purpose of worship would indicate he is vain, which is a human quality.
Consider that famous and wealthy and narcissistic people want to be looked up to, i.e. worshiped, one can conclude that was attributed to god.
God or gods, and creation are all assumptions looking for proof, which ultimately are conformation biased beliefs, which may, or may not be true. Solitary
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Actually that is a lever action..... :think:
The simple answer is that he started out as part of a pantheon, and later his name was given to every member of that pantheon, even though he was originally just the god of war. Also, no attempt was ever made to retcon the reasons for man's creation to match the new monotheistic system.
Assuming gawd exists, and that he's bible-gawd:
He needed to be worshipped and obeyed.
When you are an all powerful being that craves worship and thirsts for ultimate control, and you are sitting there in an empty universe all by yourself with no one to meet your needs and grovel at your feet, you would have few options but to create a race of underlings that you could push around and use to satisfy your ego.
For sake of argument I can think of two logical reasons
It was an accident.
He was bored.
Being a fictional character and having known a lot of fictional characters of a similar nature, I believe it can come down to the fact of his own vanity, God loved himself so much he made tiny versions of himself he could mess with, play around with, as his personal amusement.
I really still cannot fathom the depth of ignorance in faith worshipers in the modern day, not to even look at what this cult made fairy tale being actually does, these people who cherry pick parts from their own faith to use against those who don't follow it, while missing out other parts that would contradict there own beliefs.
Ah, but i'm just letting off steam here.
While I was still a creationist, I believed in the stupid excuse of "God works in mysterious ways" as an explanation of why he created us. Later, when I began to think more logically after learning of evolution, I started to suspect that our creation was more or less an accident and God was simply experimenting with evolution.
"God works in mysterious ways" always struck me as the ultimate explanation for any contradiction, illogic, or simply anything that makes absolutely no sense about God. You can fall back on this explanation for anything.
I like to imagine, that the idea of god came about, when a tribal villager had contracted a lethal shitting disease, where he kept shitting and anything eh ate just came right back out, so he was slowly dying. On his rather potent death bed, he began to have 'visions', since he was the village wise man, which really where just bad memories of his father raping his sister, but the 'visions' translated into these made up characters, which the local medicine man wrote down, and spread the word about it.
Yes, i like to imagine god came about because of a shitting virus.
Quote from: Atheon on May 15, 2015, 01:30:24 AM
Assuming gawd exists, and that he's bible-gawd:
He needed to be worshipped and obeyed.
Like a human male. :lol:
I like the idea that the Universe split itself into tiny little fragments so it could understand was it was.
To demonstrate love in action via His salvation provision which is on behalf of each individual which was done at great cost. Think of Christ bearing the penalty of sin personally on a infinite timeline that was created for each person individually which was executed by His capability to compress infinity to a non-infinite time. Everyone's name is written in the Book-of-life, but some are expunged since by committing the unpardonable sin (which committed upon their death) of not accepting this was done on their behalf. Those persons will have their name expunged from that book which are opened at the Great White Throne Judgment. Those that believe this was done on their behalf, appear at the Judgment Seat of Christ. So, in the end, everyone stands before the Moral Ruler of the universe. Also, humans were created for the education of the Angels ("which things the angels desire to look into"). The reason God doesn't get bored is because of the Trinity (3 Persons sharing one divine nature).
Oh look, fresh meet just walked on in without so much as a hello.
Quote from: Lategreatplanet on June 01, 2015, 03:44:58 PM
To demonstrate love in action via His salvation provision which is on behalf of each individual which was done at great cost. Think of Christ bearing the penalty of sin personally on a infinite timeline that was created for each person individually which was executed by His capability to compress infinity to a non-infinite time. Everyone's name is written in the Book-of-life, but some are expunged since by committing the unpardonable sin (which committed upon their death) of not accepting this was done on their behalf. Those persons will have their name expunged from that book which are opened at the Great White Throne Judgment. Those that believe this was done on their behalf, appear at the Judgment Seat of Christ. So, in the end, everyone stands before the Moral Ruler of the universe. Also, humans were created for the education of the Angels ("which things the angels desire to look into"). The reason God doesn't get bored is because of the Trinity (3 Persons sharing one divine nature).
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As a kid I was told it was because god was lonely. But then I wondered what exactly made him so goddamned lonely after several billion or trillions of years.. Seems like he had a perfectly fine hobby just making planets and stars and so on, but the story goes that none of that was around until just a few days before.. So let's recap.. Bored, makes planets and stars, gets really fucking lonely, makes Adam, rips out a rib for Eve, waits an undetermined time, kills everyone else except Noah and his bunch and promises to do it again except with fire next time, but next time gets to blame it on the Mooslims!
Quote from: Lategreatplanet on June 01, 2015, 03:44:58 PM
To demonstrate love in action via His salvation provision which is on behalf of each individual which was done at great cost. Think of Christ bearing the penalty of sin personally on a infinite timeline that was created for each person individually which was executed by His capability to compress infinity to a non-infinite time. Everyone's name is written in the Book-of-life, but some are expunged since by committing the unpardonable sin (which committed upon their death) of not accepting this was done on their behalf. Those persons will have their name expunged from that book which are opened at the Great White Throne Judgment. Those that believe this was done on their behalf, appear at the Judgment Seat of Christ. So, in the end, everyone stands before the Moral Ruler of the universe. Also, humans were created for the education of the Angels ("which things the angels desire to look into"). The reason God doesn't get bored is because of the Trinity (3 Persons sharing one divine nature).
Oh look, a drive-by theist.
Quote from: Lategreatplanet on June 01, 2015, 03:44:58 PM
To demonstrate love in action via His salvation provision which is on behalf of each individual which was done at great cost. Think of Christ bearing the penalty of sin personally on a infinite timeline that was created for each person individually which was executed by His capability to compress infinity to a non-infinite time. Everyone's name is written in the Book-of-life, but some are expunged since by committing the unpardonable sin (which committed upon their death) of not accepting this was done on their behalf. Those persons will have their name expunged from that book which are opened at the Great White Throne Judgment. Those that believe this was done on their behalf, appear at the Judgment Seat of Christ. So, in the end, everyone stands before the Moral Ruler of the universe. Also, humans were created for the education of the Angels ("which things the angels desire to look into"). The reason God doesn't get bored is because of the Trinity (3 Persons sharing one divine nature).
:popcorn:
Hey, if I vote Republican can I go to heaven?
Quote from: Lategreatplanet on June 01, 2015, 03:44:58 PM
To demonstrate love in action via His salvation provision which is on behalf of each individual which was done at great cost. Think of Christ bearing the penalty of sin personally on a infinite timeline that was created for each person individually which was executed by His capability to compress infinity to a non-infinite time. Everyone's name is written in the Book-of-life, but some are expunged since by committing the unpardonable sin (which committed upon their death) of not accepting this was done on their behalf. Those persons will have their name expunged from that book which are opened at the Great White Throne Judgment. Those that believe this was done on their behalf, appear at the Judgment Seat of Christ. So, in the end, everyone stands before the Moral Ruler of the universe. Also, humans were created for the education of the Angels ("which things the angels desire to look into"). The reason God doesn't get bored is because of the Trinity (3 Persons sharing one divine nature).
But if that's true, then why does God value humans more than angels if humans are simply a teaching device?
"Oh look, a drive-by theist."
Just driving by to see what you low-lives were doing, and of course, you were yammering way like crows.
Quote from: Lategreatplanet on June 02, 2015, 01:44:03 AM
"Oh look, a drive-by theist."
Just driving by to see what you low-lives were doing, and of course, you were yammering way like crows.
Cows don't yammer, you're thinking yams. Common mistake.
The God character is not a psycho, it is a classical landlord. A male monarch ruling with absolutes. Because it is created by male landlords in their own image. It imposes their desires.
It evolved through human history according how to scare them to obey, use. When people stop being scared of thunder, they won't worship the force behind it. Then you need to invent something they can recognise to be scared of. I don't mean it is a conspiracy, it just happens by itself. Fear is the most powerful human reality.
For our benefit and His glory. With respect to the Christian concept of God, it would be impossible for Him to experience boredom, as He has no needs or otherwise experiences no lacking in any area of His being.
Quoteit would be impossible for Him to experience boredom,
I thought your god was omnipotent and nothing was impossible for him, that he was capable of knowing everything at the same time. How does an entity who doesn't experience boredom can create a creature that can feel it?
Quote from: drunkenshoe on June 02, 2015, 02:52:29 AM
The God character is not a psycho, it is a classical landlord. A male monarch ruling with absolutes. Because it is created by male landlords in their own image. It imposes their desires.
It evolved through human history according how to scare them to obey, use. When people stop being scared of thunder, they won't worship the force behind it. Then you need to invent something they can recognise to be scared of. I don't mean it is a conspiracy, it just happens by itself. Fear is the most powerful human reality.
I totally agree, that christianity did not grow as a conspiracy. It grew by natural selection. The early christian sect was, of course, totally made up of Jews in the beginning. The Jewish society was awash in sects of Jews looking for a messiah. Apparently this was a bit of a fad. There were so many, that not all of them could survive in the long run--one or two had to come out on top. Christianity was one that came out on top. We have little to none of the literature the other sects generated not because the christians conspired to destroy it, but they chose to ignore, change or not use it. And it slowly disappeared.
I think you landlord analogy holds water.
Quote from: drunkenshoe on June 02, 2015, 02:52:29 AM
The God character is not a psycho, it is a classical landlord. A male monarch ruling with absolutes. Because it is created by male landlords in their own image. It imposes their desires.
It evolved through human history according how to scare them to obey, use. When people stop being scared of thunder, they won't worship the force behind it. Then you need to invent something they can recognise to be scared of. I don't mean it is a conspiracy, it just happens by itself. Fear is the most powerful human reality.
Maybe that's why god made Eddie Murphy. .:think:
https://youtu.be/hZ0up_MjsLk
Quote from: Lategreatplanet on June 01, 2015, 03:44:58 PM
To demonstrate love in action via His salvation provision which is on behalf of each individual which was done at great cost. Think of Christ bearing the penalty of sin personally on a infinite timeline that was created for each person individually which was executed by His capability to compress infinity to a non-infinite time. Everyone's name is written in the Book-of-life, but some are expunged since by committing the unpardonable sin (which committed upon their death) of not accepting this was done on their behalf. Those persons will have their name expunged from that book which are opened at the Great White Throne Judgment. Those that believe this was done on their behalf, appear at the Judgment Seat of Christ. So, in the end, everyone stands before the Moral Ruler of the universe. Also, humans were created for the education of the Angels ("which things the angels desire to look into"). The reason God doesn't get bored is because of the Trinity (3 Persons sharing one divine nature).
wat
Quote from: Lategreatplanet on June 02, 2015, 01:44:03 AM
"Oh look, a drive-by theist."
Just driving by to see what you low-lives were doing, and of course, you were yammering way like crows.
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Quote from: Lategreatplanet on June 01, 2015, 03:44:58 PM
The reason God doesn't get bored is because of the Trinity (3 Persons sharing one divine nature).
Every entity is bound to get bored from a threesome, sooner or later, supreme or not. There is a thing called too much of a good stuff. Besides, you can't change partners. Peh.
Just curious.....
Because he doesn't exist.
...if he did exist, he'd be a jerk.
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I was watching the young turks a while back, and they were covering a story about a couple that had a child for the sole purpose of letting the dad rape it, so if I had to guess God would have created humans for the sole purpose of fucking with them.