If God is real, than is a simply a source of morality and order, or is he an actual entity such as Zeus or Odin? If it is the latter, than why is He presupposing that he is the source of all morality? Does this mean that omniscience grants perfection?
Religion makes little sense. Somehow this thread seems to make even less. There are no less than three questions in the opening, and none are related to the title.
People like to sound deep and intelligent, so they ask a lot of "thought-provoking" questions.
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Yes they are. God is supposed to be the ultimate source of morality, thus meaning that His authority is justified. If this is true, than having followers is justified.
It would all make sense if someone more coherent than I had posted this, true. I guess what I'm really asking is: Even if God is the source of all morality, why?
Last edited by Dr Will Hatch on Aug 28th, 2009 at 02:43 AM
* first, there are things God cannot do (lying, Hebrews 6:18 and changing James 1:17), so He is not omnipotent according to the Bible... and He does not need anything from anyone (Acts 17:25)... but He wants something... He wants all people to be saved (I Timothy 2:3-4)...
God does not need followers. Where did you get this idea from? God simply wants man to live life more abundantly -- to treat others as they wish to be treated (to love one another). If such was the case, for instance, rape and theft would never occur, but man is sinful in nature, and so it happens. Life is complex due to sin; it should be simple otherwise. As Scripture teaches, God saw this in advance. Since we are not like Him. In so, He offered Himself as a ransom -- Jesus the Christ -- to die in our place (for the sins we have committed). Because of Jesus, we have a chance to have eternal life. Christianity is all about the works of Jesus, not man. In Jesus alone, we have life. Understand?
Then isn't God just playing mind games with us? Why should humans spend all their time worshiping and feeling guilty when it's impossible for us to know what's right?
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...and if there was no god, then we would make one up. We humans have made a lot of gods in the past. That is a good argument for there not being a god.
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Aug 28th, 2009 02:24 AM
I guess what I'm really asking is: Even if God is the source of all morality, why?
