Ya know, it's not all that hard to be a "benevolent" God when no one holds you to any moral standards, huh?

Question

I think I could probably do it in my free time.

Answer 1

Well ... in your free time answer these questions ...

4: "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.
5: Who determined its measurements -- surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it?
6: On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone,
7: when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8: "Or who shut in the sea with doors, when it burst forth from the womb;
9: when I made clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,
10: and prescribed bounds for it, and set bars and doors,
11: and said, `Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed'?
12: "Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place,
13: that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?
14: It is changed like clay under the seal, and it is dyed like a garment.
15: From the wicked their light is withheld, and their uplifted arm is broken.
16: "Have you entered into the springs of the sea, or walked in the recesses of the deep?
17: Have the gates of death been revealed to you, or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
18: Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth? Declare, if you know all this.
19: "Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and where is the place of darkness,
20: that you may take it to its territory and that you may discern the paths to its home?
21: You know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!
22: "Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
23: which I have reserved for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war?
24: What is the way to the place where the light is distributed, or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?
25: "Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain, and a way for the thunderbolt,
26: to bring rain on a land where no man is, on the desert in which there is no man;
27: to satisfy the waste and desolate land, and to make the ground put forth grass?
28: "Has the rain a father, or who has begotten the drops of dew?
29: From whose womb did the ice come forth, and who has given birth to the hoarfrost of heaven?
30: The waters become hard like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
31: "Can you bind the chains of the Plei'ades, or loose the cords of Orion?
32: Can you lead forth the Maz'zaroth in their season, or can you guide the Bear with its children?
33: Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth?
34: "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that a flood of waters may cover you?
35: Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go and say to you, `Here we are'?
36: Who has put wisdom in the clouds, or given understanding to the mists?
37: Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,
38: when the dust runs into a mass and the clods cleave fast together?
39: "Can you hunt the prey for the lion, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
40: when they crouch in their dens, or lie in wait in their covert?
41: Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God, and wander about for lack of food?

Answer 2

There is not whatever unsuitable with wondering God. But you will not fancy my reply. It's extra worried than simply announcing "Because he is God." Think approximately a pass judgement on in a courtroom of legislation. The pass judgement on palms down a dying sentence on a convicted assassin. Is the pass judgement on then a assassin himself, or is he easily conducting and executing justice? Don't hassle stating the above "Special pleading" fallacy. Wrong. It's no longer targeted pleading- God is the writer of the universe, and no longer an common guy. If he WERE a human, which he isn't, then it might be targeted pleading to mention that God has targeted dispensation from human legislation. But he IS the legislation. We as a result can't pass judgement on God as we might an common guy, considering that, once more, he is not one.

Answer 3

Oh? Let's see how benevolent you are when no one holds you to moral standards. Here's a test: how benevolent are you when no one is looking?

Don't you think that God can hold himself to his own standards?

BTW, some people have held God to moral standards: Abraham and Moses, to name two. Abraham argued with God to try to spare the people of Sodom and Gomorrah (God conceded with a condition, but the condition wasn't met). Moses argued with God to spare the people of Israel in the desert when God wanted to destroy them. Moses won out at the time; later on, God allowed the older generation to die out in the desert over 40 years, and brought the younger generation into the Promised Land.

Answer 4

I think you got your gods mixed up!!
Moral standards, what does it mean?
What is right or wrong anyways?

Answer 5

I SAID I'm benevolent. SAY IT!

Answer 6

...or when your actions benevolent by definition, even when you bring a tsunami down on your subjects.

Answer 7

Why should they, he is God, don't question Him! You think God is easy to figure out, but he isn't. What, you think you can challenge Him? Ha ha, you make me laugh my *** off.

Answer 8

Love it! great point!

Answer 9

REJOICE, FOR I HAVE GIVEN YOU...AIDS!

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