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Johnny Skeptic · 08-06-2007, 06:43 PM

I look forward to reading comments from readers.

Minimalist · 08-06-2007, 06:53 PM

I agree with Woody.

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If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever.
Woody Allen

pgscott · 08-06-2007, 06:57 PM

I like the greek gods, who are all of the above.

khalimirov · 08-06-2007, 07:03 PM

I think he is awsome!

exmormon · 08-06-2007, 07:45 PM

all of the above, but inconsistently. although the thing he appears to be most competent at is to be inconsistent in just the particularly unlikely way that would most likely make it appear that everything attributed to his actions is better explained as a natural phenomenon.

untermensche · 08-07-2007, 01:37 AM

If this creature humans call God exists, then humans cannot place any labels on a thing thay are so vastly inferior to.

This creature may appear immoral to a human, just as a human that poisons an ant colony might appear immoral to the ants. But what do the opinions of ants matter to a human?

And what could the opinions of humans possibly matter to a god?

GenesisNemesis · 08-07-2007, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by khalimirov

I think he is awesome!

What does that mean? I think the Cosmos is "awesome" too.

Canard DuJour · 08-07-2007, 02:19 AM

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If a God exists, is he good, evil, amoral, mentally incompetent, or something else?

He just doesn't want to get involved.

Styrofoamdeity · 08-07-2007, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Canard DuJour

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If a God exists, is he good, evil, amoral, mentally incompetent, or something else?

He just doesn't want to get involved.

Well, if he answers prayers, then of course he must get involved. I look at the Christian God as a sort of cosmic window washer. If you are washing a clear window, you have a sort of moral omniscience in that small sphere, in that you can see where the dirt and smudges are. So you take out your squeegy (or whatever) and in answer to some prayers or requests begin clearing away some dirt on the window. Of course you can see the dirt all over the clear window in the places that you are not cleaning. If a window cleaner cleaned just one tiny corner of the window, and only cleaned that if repeatedly begged in a wheedling way, needless to say he'd be deemed a remarkably incompetent window cleaner, as he can see the remaining smudges and could with very little power clean them with little trouble.

What excuses would you accept from him? "I left the smudges because with a bunch of smudges you'll appreciate the clear spots a lot more" or maybe "Hey, you didn't ask me in the right way to clear ALL the smudges". As a building manager you would realize that the washer somewhere along the line made a conscious decision to leave the dirt.

He would be incompetent, illogical, and a plain old asshole. Fire the washer.

555 · 08-07-2007, 04:27 AM

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mentally incompetent

Does god have a mind ? :huh:

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08-06-2007, 06:57 PM	#3
pgscott Regular Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 244	I like the greek gods, who are all of the above.

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khalimirov Regular Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 203	I think he is awsome!

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exmormon Regular Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 340	all of the above, but inconsistently. although the thing he appears to be most competent at is to be inconsistent in just the particularly unlikely way that would most likely make it appear that everything attributed to his actions is better explained as a natural phenomenon.

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untermensche Contributor Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: USA Posts: 16,553	If this creature humans call God exists, then humans cannot place any labels on a thing thay are so vastly inferior to. This creature may appear immoral to a human, just as a human that poisons an ant colony might appear immoral to the ants. But what do the opinions of ants matter to a human? And what could the opinions of humans possibly matter to a god?

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