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Old 11-20-2005, 08:11 AM
chezlaw chezlaw is offline
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Default Re: this god is not worth reverence.

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...as god is good it must be a bluff.


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A bluff wouldn't be terribly good unless it serves some noble purpose... I'd say it's a cryptic message of goodness badly misinterpreted and often misused and abused by fallible humans.

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The point would be to put someone in a position where they see how unfair their punishment is and then to realise that it can't be the product of goodness. Thereby they learn what being good means. I suspect with some people it would take a long time, but most will probably get there after a few billion years.

What noble purpose could any god have other than giving us the joy of appreciating something for ourselves?

chez
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