| mmnin said: I did tell you to shut up if you weren't going to be more civil. One person believes one thing, person 2 believes something else. Person 1 says the second person is delusional. The second person getting angry says the first person is believing a fairytale and is delusional. The first person then gets even more angry and starts shouting insults, though he was the one picking the fight to begin with. The Second person then starts throwing punches. The first person then takes a gun and shoots the second. |
All I can say from your last post is, what? I'll try to garner more productive debate in another manner.
Lets assume God exists and that God created the universe and is all powerful. Man is more powerful than an ant, yet nothing compared to the difference between God and man. A man puts ants in an ant farm, feeds them, watches over them, but he requests that the ants pay homage to him in return for his good deeds. If the man feels the ants disobey him or do not pay proper respect to them, he takes the ants out and tortures them horribly.
We would all say that the man is being ridiculous, yet when we look at God we think his actions are not so ridiculous. Why would a God want people to worship him? Why would he reward or punish should inferior creatures in such a way that is described in the Bible? Why is God angry, or jealous?
The answer is that God was created by man, and naturally man gave God human-like characteristics. This explains why God has the personality of a human king in 5,000 BC. At that time men desired to be worshipped, they were very angry, jealous, and vengeful against others, and if possible they ruled with a iron-fist. Actions God commanded of his Old Testament followers were harse and ridiculous by today's standards, but were on par with mankind at that time.
