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chowmama

(592 posts)
Sat Feb 25, 2023, 09:47 PM Feb 2023

How does this make sense? [View all]

Ok - God is omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent. All-knowing, all-powerful and everywhere. Yet without some people (they know who they are) running around, He would undoubtedly let somebody, somewhere, get away with something. Lucky he has them, right? Doesn't this sound the slightest bit... presumptuous? Disrespectful? Suspicious of their own God's flaws and fallibility?

And then there's the whole "Love God or he'll burn you in hell for all eternity" Is this God or the Godfather? I mean, it's the ultimate offer you can't refuse, right? How does somebody worship an entity who needs this level of reassurance? If he was a human, we'd be sending him for therapy, not confirming his worldview.

I mean, I know they made Him in their own image. (And it's always a Him.) Needy, petty, vindictive, downright sadistic. But - what is wrong with these people?

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How does this make sense? [View all] chowmama Feb 2023 OP
Since faith negates any logic or challenge, it is easily misused. NewHendoLib Feb 2023 #1
FAITH: Trying your damndest to believe in something you know 3Hotdogs Feb 2023 #10
Yeah, it doesn't really make any sense at all PJMcK Feb 2023 #2
+1 Meadowoak Feb 2023 #9
There is no invisible sky god, who waves a magic wand vlyons Feb 2023 #3
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It doesn't. vlyons Mar 2023 #16
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What gap? vlyons Mar 2023 #18
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None of it makes any sense. Sky Jewels Feb 2023 #4
Tull says... odins folly Feb 2023 #5
In the prodigal son, the father never leaves his home, never helps his son out. The whole parable Karadeniz Feb 2023 #6
Wise, Ma'am, To Leave Out Benevolent.... The Magistrate Feb 2023 #7
Amen Ferrets are Cool Feb 2023 #8
God-fearing Bayard Feb 2023 #11
If you listen to survivors of Nazi concentration camps, BigmanPigman Feb 2023 #12
Religious belief requires one to suspend logic and reason Major Nikon Feb 2023 #13
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