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LiberalAndProud

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44. I must say, that's expected.

Sat May 18, 2013, 07:56 PM

May 2013

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There are two excuses for a creator who would appear to be capricious and unfair that seem to always make their way into these conversations:
* Free Will
* Mysterious Ways

These excuses explain everything to the faithful and nothing to the skeptical. Perfect.

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Does God have a Personality? [View all] CJCRANE May 2013 OP

ascribing a human-style personality to God is limiting in the extreme annabanana May 2013 #1

This is a great response. cbayer May 2013 #5

Love is a human emotion. trotsky May 2013 #15

Not to mention anger, jealousy and a few others skepticscott May 2013 #41

Kind of a Zen response. longship May 2013 #16

But it's to be expected as god is an invention of the human mind. stopbush May 2013 #51

According to the Bible he seems to have mood swings. I like to think God is always happy. hrmjustin May 2013 #2

If you're just going to invent skepticscott May 2013 #42

Well I suppose you could do that, but I am not going to. hrmjustin May 2013 #43

Jesus Christ says skepticscott May 2013 #48

Yes Jesus did not come to make things warm and fuzzy. He came to tell humanity to hrmjustin May 2013 #49

According to St. George aristocles May 2013 #3

That bit never, ever gets old... Blue Owl May 2013 #29

Yep libodem May 2013 #4

That sounds a bit like the Tao to me... CJCRANE May 2013 #8

Without fail, a believer's notion of god is essentially their idealized self. trotsky May 2013 #6

This seems true for me. hrmjustin May 2013 #7

If HE or you are happy Bay Boy May 2013 #12

Good point! hrmjustin May 2013 #13

Insightful! Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #52

God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. Buzz Clik May 2013 #9

Kind of like Andy Kaufman? Goblinmonger May 2013 #19

So was Any Kaufman God? LongTomH May 2013 #32

If there actually is a god, I hope it's Andy Kaufman. Goblinmonger May 2013 #40

He's a nasty fucker. Scuba May 2013 #10

I think we should blame humans and not God for our choices. hrmjustin May 2013 #20

I certainly do. Scuba May 2013 #21

Who created humans, and made it part of their fundamental nature... trotsky May 2013 #22

Well we evolved like that. Why God allowed that I do not know, but I do not blame him for hrmjustin May 2013 #23

We are imperfect beings, and (if you believe your god created us)... trotsky May 2013 #24

Only if you consider the ability to choose to be imperfection. rug May 2013 #26

I guess so! hrmjustin May 2013 #38

Of course not. That god of yours only seems to get credit for stuff, never the blame. Arugula Latte May 2013 #31

I'm wondering if you believe in a god that is omnipotent. Arugula Latte May 2013 #30

I have not seen God nor do I know the extent of his abilities. hrmjustin May 2013 #37

Forget choices, did we choose to be vulnerable to disease, to have earthquakes, wildfires... Humanist_Activist May 2013 #39

I must say, that's expected. LiberalAndProud May 2013 #44

Either way LostOne4Ever May 2013 #45

"The Nazis gassed me" or "I choked on a peanut" or "I sat down in front of a tank..." hunter May 2013 #46

I guess what's "wrong" with me is that I don't believe in the supernatural ... Scuba May 2013 #47

He seems to have mellowed out since the Old Testament days... Bay Boy May 2013 #11

This is one that is very difficult. longship May 2013 #14

Yes, dog is a big fat zero, zilch nada. If not made up wouldn't know it was there! on point May 2013 #17

He's the REAL unknown comic! n/t woodsprite May 2013 #18

Mark Twain's opinion. ChazInAz May 2013 #25

I think God must have put himself on Prozac between the time notadmblnd May 2013 #27

Yes, the Omnitype Blue Owl May 2013 #28

The god of Judeo-christian religions, the god of Abraham, kestrel91316 May 2013 #33

Clearly he's a psychopath who delights in not only watching, SheilaT May 2013 #34

I remember being in a scientific ethics class LostOne4Ever May 2013 #35

I think human reasoning only works well for earthly things goldent May 2013 #36

He can have whatever personality you want - He's a fictional character. backscatter712 May 2013 #50

Fallacy of Assumption Brainstormy May 2013 #53