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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:41 PM Original message |
If there were a god, but he/she/it was not the creator of the universe... |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. Even if god did create the universe |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Why would we even owe gratitude? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
36. Gratitude??? If I ever meet God, I'm gonna kick him in his metaphysical nuts |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. Gnostic Christians believe the god that created the earth, or Demiurge, was evil |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-25-07 08:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
43. Gnostic Christians Were an Uptight Bunch |
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Tormenta (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. If it doesn't quack like a duck, |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Are you saying that an entity that didn't create the universe wouldn't be a god? |
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cyborg_jim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 06:16 AM Response to Reply #4 |
21. He doesn't like the idea |
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jerryme1 (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. George and Karl's God |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. Humanity will be gone in ~200-100,000 years |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. maybe those chimps with the spears....? n/t |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. Sounds like a question for a Hindu |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Just be clear, it's not MY god, it's just an idea I've thought of. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I knew that |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. Humankind, even if he WAS the creater, owes NOTHING to a god. |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
13. God does not want, need or require worship |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 12:17 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. How do you know all this about God? |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 12:39 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yes my thinking is human |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 12:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I still don't know how you know all that about God. |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 12:25 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Well said, zeemike, well said. :-) |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 12:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Well, obviously god needs SOMETHING, or he wouldn't have created the universe, would he? |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 12:50 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Heh, meta-god, what a weakling! |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 12:55 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Excuse me, but your ignorant. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 09:16 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. I'm still stuck with the old Beta-God |
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cyborg_jim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 09:23 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Nonsense |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 09:31 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. All I know is that I want a *-GOD |
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cyborg_jim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 09:57 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. All *-GOD are iterative |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 10:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
37. Do you only create things you need? |
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cyborg_jim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Joy. Hmm, seems like a need. |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 11:52 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I don't see how that definition fits with the previous post |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-25-07 05:12 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Huh? Where did I say that? |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-25-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Am I reading too much into "needs?" |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-25-07 05:03 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Its already been said, but.... |
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moobu2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 08:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. You don’t, |
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cyborg_jim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 08:36 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. The truth can be very rude in its starkness |
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Tormenta (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 10:44 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Well now that's a silly question |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 08:53 AM Response to Reply #13 |
25. And yet the OT has him saying he is a "jealous God" |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
23. It depends on the philosophy and tradition. |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 01:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Can I say the same thing in a different way? |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Again, how do you know this? n/t |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-25-07 01:11 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. It's ancient wisdom |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. The OP was about a god who ISN'T a creator of the universe. |
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cyborg_jim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. To me it ain't much different to the whole creator god scenario |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 03:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. My thoughts... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-25-07 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
44. There Are Many Gods Who Are Not Creators of the Universe |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-25-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Actually...no, I wasn't. |
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