I see many Christians in this section describing atheists as "immoral", "seeing themselves as God" and "being able to kill, lie and cheat without consequences".
Weirdly enough, it's exactly the same as how God is described in the Bible. God is immoral, He sees himself as God and is able to kill, lie and cheat without consequences.
Coincidence?
2007-03-11 09:35:00 · 6 answers · asked by ? 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That's an excellent insight. I wish I thought of it.
Note that the God of the Bible is a moral relativist. His moral laws changed over time. I'm a moral relativist too, but I think I am more moral than Jehovah. For example I have never once condoned slavery for any reason.
2007-03-11 09:54:49 · answer #1 · answered by Jim L 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Coincidence? No
Rationalization? Yes.
2007-03-11 17:45:07 · answer #2 · answered by Snark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is the greatest atheist.
At one time, in the far east, people were very agitated and violent. They used scripture to excuse every type of malice, and every manner of debauchery. There were so many sects, claiming God for themselves, and hardly any of them were living according to His instructions. God saw this, and knew that religious principals must be restored, or else the people would continue to fall into hellish conditions.
So God Himself descended to Earth, as Lord Buddha. As the Buddha, or "Enlightened One", he taught the people that there was no god, no heaven, no hell. There was only void, and that one could become happy by merging with the eternal effulgence, or Nirvana. The people stopped their violence. The stopped their debauchery. They stopped their claims of ownership of God.
In the vedas, it is explained that once one reaches the state of mergence with the effulgence of God, he again becomes conscious of his desire to interact with God, whereupon he falls once again into the material condition, and is given the opportunity to serve God personally.
So, God is not restricted to honesty, if lying serves His purpose. And God is not restricted to being served by those who believe in Him, since not believing in God can serve His purpose as well. But, we should never think that either the belief or the non-belief originates within ourselves, but by the mercy of God.
2007-03-11 16:53:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As in Ying & yang the white holds the seed of the black and vicevesa, nothing is good, nothing is bad, its just your own perception. god is over the perception of the mind. god cannot be perceived or named, thats the whole thing i think, christians tends to identify him as a person, a punisher, someone who is looking to throw u tohell if u misbehave...no such thing, life is a celebration,life is joy, life is to flow with it in happiness sharing.. loving you , the rest, your planet . God is love period, the creative energie of the universe,...at my perception.
2007-03-11 16:52:48 · answer #4 · answered by violz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lol. Does that mean they will start worshipping us?
2007-03-11 16:45:37 · answer #5 · answered by Blackbird 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol. i like it.
2007-03-11 16:39:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋