Is God a silverback?: Mind of God (Introduction)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Sunday, April 02, 2017, 07:53 (2791 days ago) @ David Turell

This guy lost me early on. As a Bible believing Christian, I found many of his statements laughable. For example, stating that God only cared about a limited range of moralistic ideals. In Genesis, God concerns himself the detailed creation of the universe. Other accounts mention him knowing the stars by name. Still others show his concern over the smallest of his creatures. However, we are like God, having been created in his image, and thus it is not surprising that he would be as concerned with abstract moral concepts such as love, justice, and the like. A simple reading of the laws given to the Israelites would show his careful attention to a number of more practical concerns like the spread of disease, caring for nature, even ethical business and land husbandry. The author that rote this is as ignorant as he claims we backward religious types are.

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.