(Ron) God & Absolute Monarchs
bridean bdean@osu-btc.com
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> >> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> RON
> I'm saying that good is not based on your limited human perspective,
> but is determined by God from his infinite eternal perspective in which
> life and death are mere blips on the scale of eternity.
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>> > >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
>
>
>
>
RON
I'm saying that good is not based on your limited human perspective,
but is determined by God from his infinite eternal perspective in which
life and death are mere blips on the scale of eternity.
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