(Ron) God & Absolute Monarchs
Helen Willis hhiwater@BRIGHT.NET
Mon, 14 Sep 1998 12:01:16 -0700 (00905817676, 35FD67FC.3A1F@bright.net)
Brian Dean wrote:
>
> >TILL
> >The same could be said of an absolute monarch or a tyrannical dictator.
> He
> >could tell his subjects not to kill another human, but then he could
> >destroy
> >as many of them as he wanted to. Would he be moral according to the
> >standard that he has required of his subjects?
> >
> >To all skeptics on the list: Let's try to keep this thread going as
> long as
> >we can. I have found that this one subject turns the stomachs of more
> >Christian lurkers on internet lists than any other. After just so long
> of
> >seeing biblicists defend the murderous actions of their god Yahweh,
> some
> >Christians get enough of it and actually start questioning their
> religion.
> >
> >Farrell Till
> >Skepticism, Inc.
> >jftill@midwest.net
> >
> >
> RON
> You are right Till, He IS an absolute monarch. This ain't no
> democracy! That's exactly the illusion though, that you atheists are
> trying to perpetuate. Once the self that wants so badly to control
> reality (like a crying baby) meets up with its true self it ceases to
> exist.
> The only Christian lurkers that you will disillusion are the ones
> holding to an illusory, worldly image of God. Once this idol is thrown
> to the ground they have nothing left. Once they realize that God is not
> bound by their man-made philosophical categories, assumptions and
> requirements it won't matter if you shatter them. You'll only be doing
> them a big favor!
HELEN:
So you're saying that the idea that God is good is an illusion?
Helen
hhiwater@bright.net