To Mr. Anonymous who claims that parents and God are on an equal playing field, you are wrong. Let me tell you why:
The reason that parents cannot kill their sons is because we live in a world of laws.
He is Omnipotent, and created this world that we dwell in. As the creator of the Universe, He may do so as He pleases, and as stated previously, be "righteous in doing it".
God, in a matter of speaking, has the one true 'License To Kill' that which He has created.
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Imagine the following scenario.
NotMe: god is bored with the people in heaven and wipes them out or just swaps them with the ones from hell.
This may be the start of believing god gives a 50/50 chance of getting into heaven, such as a "lottery" or the flipping of a coin.
Also, the suggestion of god being bored may spawn a new Christian group which calls themselves "The Entertainers of God" or "God's Jesters". Church ceremonies will be more fucked up than ever, with people dressing as holy clowns or performing a Christian talent show. I'd better stop I'm beginning to creep myself out at the thought of it.
Well, that makes your version of God kind of a dick, but we'll let that go for now.can not exist. If someone is omnipotent, that means they have no limits, there is nothing they can not do. But they can't thwart their own abilities by doing something like, say the old standard, creating a rock so heavy they can not lift it. Well, if they can't do that, then they are limited. If they can create that rock, then they can't pick it up, and so either way they are limited. Any limitation on an omnipotent being renders them no longer omnipotent, so therefore "omnipotence" is an impossibe state.
The reason that parents cannot kill their sons is because we live in a world of laws.
@God
Do what I say or I'll fucking kill you!
Some benevolent god. He's supposed to have gone to all the trouble of creating humanity, and then he gets all pissy over one little mistake and he's spent the rest of time tormenting humans, or slaughtering them outright. What kind of creator could have so little regard for the things they created?
God gave parents the right to kill their children. If you don't believe this, you are just one more moderate Christian who reads the bible wearing rose colored glasses.
"To Mr. Anonymous who claims that parents and God are on an equal playing field, you are wrong. Let me tell you why:"First, let ME tell YOU why:
Parents are real, "God" is imaginary.
"The reason that parents cannot kill their sons is because we live in a world of laws."
Indeed, they had best not kill their children or society will severely punish them.
"God however, is exempt from all human laws. God is neither subject to even the laws of Physics, nor Time itself."
"God" is exempt from all laws because he is a fictional character. When one makes up a fictional character, one may claim for him/her whatever traits one wishes.
"He is Omnipotent, and created this world that we dwell in."
So goes the story, the fictional, made up, not real, story.
"As the creator of the Universe, He may do so as He pleases, and as stated previously, be "righteous in doing it"."
As "God" is a fictional character, he cannot actually do anything. He is claimed to be omnipotent in your stories, but you cannot show that he has actually, ever done anything.
As for being "righteous," just because someone says s/he is "righteous" means nothing. Equally, just because persons making up a fictional story claim one of their characters is "righteous" no matter what he does, that does not mean that that claim is true.
"God, in a matter of speaking, has the one true 'License To Kill' that which He has created."
No, even if "God" exists and even if "God" created the universe, it does not follow that it is somehow ethical for him to torture or murder people. Torture and murder are wrong no matter who or what is committing them.
You and your pals claim that I, because I am an atheist, lack ethics?
You see how your god works? He creates a law that he allows humans as a whole to thwart by making the killing of one's children illegal.
The way the Bible is written, it's like God is playing this sadistically lethal game with us in which the first rule is that he gets to constantly change all the other rules all the time, so that no matter what, he wins, and he's right to do so. And there's no appeal, because he's also the referee.
God, in a matter of speaking, has the one true 'License To Kill' that which He has created."
So, when he created us to his image, he forgot some little details, according to your logic. Please, be more sensible.
"God, in a matter of speaking, has the one true 'License To Kill' that which He has created."
Best arguement against your religion, ever!
So, why is he our moral compass?. Following that logic, somebody has got to create him, to ensure morality.
Bryan, you FAIL. For two reasons:
1- Who created God?
2- It's only 00 agents of MI6 who have a Licence to Kill. Unless...:
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...Jesus was captured in North Korea and tortured there for a year. One more thing: it was Ian Fleming who created James Bond.
Laws do not STOP you killing, they only punish you later. Would you rather go to prison for breaking mans law, or to hell for breaking Gods law. ?
Being unable to stop a magical sociopath does not make his conduct "right" or "moral".
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