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I Have a Question

Let’s suppose that God does exist.

If God being the greatest authority with the highest power gets people to side with him because of his power, that is still an action that would be considered convenient for the self.

If God presents us with a heaven if we worship him and a hell if we don’t.... underneath the facade the only one we are worshipping is OURSELVES in seeking to do what will get us this heaven or have us avoid hell.

It is self-preservation or eternal self-preservation.

Now let’s say that God wants a person to be self-preservative because he made them. So it’s back to: “I don’t mind if you are using me for your benefit, if you do what I want, you get heaven, if you don’t do what I want you send yourself to hell.”

Then it’s just like ALL of us humans are.

When people do what we want we are happy, we say that we “love” them, we call them friend.

But if they don’t do what we want we are upset, we call them insensitive, or mentally deranged.
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Yesterday I was giving a little girl advice and I told her:

Listen people will never be satisfied.
They will always tell you that you “should” do more of this or that to grow.
They will be happy if you do what they want.
They will be mad if you don’t do what they want.
Now YOU pick who you will attempt to please or not ultimately for your benefit. Just know that if they are never pleased don’t take it personally. Two different entities, two different set of desires, whoever has more power will try to manipulate, you decide if you are IN or OUT depending on if you are willing to deal with the consequences.
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CookieLuvsBunny · 31-35, F
@Doomflower @SheikYerbouti The entire "free will" argument is a contrivance made up by Christians to explain away how an omnipotent god could create both good and evil and yet not be responsible for its own actions. It is [i]prima facie [/i]nonsensical
Doomflower · 36-40, M
@CookieLuvsBunny it's their attempt to avoid the problem of evil. There's nothing contradictory about an omniscient and omnipotent god that doesn't necessarily love us. The problem is when Christians claim that this god is one of love.

You know, the god that according to his own book gave his very special people in one tiny area of the planet very special instructions (613 of them) on how to buy and sell slaves, when to stone your kids to death, how to be "clean" so god can like you, the proper sacrifices to make, what to wear, and what kinds of food you can eat among other things. The one that according to his own book had his son murdered so he didn't have to be angry at humans because he put a magic tree in the middle of a garden and told people who did not even know what death was that they would die if they ate the fruit.

Bit of a tangent but... why would he put the tree there? Seriously. If you don't want your toddler playing with knives you wouldn't put them in a room with knives and then tell them "don't touch the knives or I will flay you living", leave them alone with an older, smarter kid who wants the child to be harmed, and then claim to love them when you follow through after they predictably disobey.

Sorry for the rant. I just find Christianity especially offensive.