tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2101896362709274025.post7598130537108347199..comments2023-04-14T06:44:19.098-07:00Comments on Inquiring Infidel: Can God be Trusted?Inquiring Infidelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11601349182906918700noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2101896362709274025.post-33673903155705097122013-02-22T22:08:06.585-08:002013-02-22T22:08:06.585-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18252007129827580509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2101896362709274025.post-68654542588845265962009-10-30T17:29:39.750-07:002009-10-30T17:29:39.750-07:00“I think Christians would try to get the ball roll...“I think Christians would try to get the ball rolling by giving God credit for creating us a world to live in and giving us life in the first place. Given they might also credit God as the creator of everything great about the human experience like love and beauty, one might have to reason that whoever did that must be an awesome entity. I have some thoughts on this, but what would you say in response to that line of reasoning?”<br /><br />I think it would be fair to describe him as awesome, but that doesn’t mean he’d be trustworthy. Many scientists feel a profound sense of awe when exploring our universe, so if there’s someone who created all of this, it would make sense to feel the same sense of awe about him. But an all-powerful evil god would inspire the same sense of awe. If hatred and ugliness are compatible with a good god, couldn’t love and beauty be compatible with an evil god?<br /><br />We may appreciate that the only reason we exist is because of God, but that doesn’t mean we should trust him. I don’t see where the connection is. A slave-owner who rapes one of his slaves may bring about the creation of a slave child, but that doesn’t mean that the child should trust him.<br /><br />If someone created us and controlled every aspect of our lives, I just don’t see how you could trust him (unless he designed us so that we’d automatically trust him). It would be infinitely trivial for him to create infinite universes in which he starts out nice and then causes unimaginable suffering. As a child I remember playing SimCity and building up a city before sending disaster after disaster at it. And God wouldn’t even need to wait. He could just be pure evil and convince us that good was evil or make us only remember the good.<br /><br />What were your thoughts?Inquiring Infidelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11601349182906918700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2101896362709274025.post-26792582329811582542009-10-30T07:53:27.741-07:002009-10-30T07:53:27.741-07:00Yay! The comment box is working. Great post, too...Yay! The comment box is working. Great post, too!<br /><br />You get extra props for using the awesome motivational sign. Love it.<br /><br />Favorite quote:<br /><br /><i>"God is essentially giving up nothing of value, and then asking us to give up something we value very much: our ability to live our lives the way we see fit. So sacrificing to God would be worse than giving your life’s savings to the scammer. God has sacrificed less to earn your trust and is asking for more."</i><br /><br />Yes, God had a bad weekend once. And that's what makes up for the fact so many people who have had horrible lives. <br /><br />I think Christians would try to get the ball rolling by giving God credit for creating us a world to live in and giving us life in the first place. Given they might also credit God as the creator of everything great about the human experience like love and beauty, one might have to reason that whoever did that must be an awesome entity. I have some thoughts on this, but what would you say in response to that line of reasoning?<br /><br />BenBenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14479224236264150172noreply@blogger.com