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Re: The Nam-shub of Enki (was Re: One of my issues with the god of the old testament)
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Wed, 14 Nov 2001 15:17:13 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > Please! What sort of god thwarts his people out of spite? Not my sort.
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> Maybe a god who loves his people does these things, in the same manner that
> you would stop your children from stepping in front of a moving train --
> even if you had to use force to stop them.
I see your point, and I've heard that argument before, but as an analogy
it fails because the alleged God is allegedly omnipotent, so comparisons
between a God:Man equation and a Man:Man equation aren't really valid. An
omnipotent being has before him a wider range of choices than a human
parent; aside from spite, there's no reason why God should have stricken all
of humanity forever because of the "sins" of a few. And to forestall
anyone's objections along the lines of "we can't know His reasons," I hasten
to add that that argument isn't really valid either.
Dave!
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