2013/11/28 Samiya Illias <[email protected]> > Bruno wrote: 'I was of course alluding to the greek (neo)platonists. They > did invented the God used by both the abramanic cultures (even if terribly > deformed, notably by the abandon of science about it, and the use of > authoritative arguments, by Christians, Muslims, and perhaps by the Jewish > (with Maimonides, to some extent). > > It is not because we have found strong evidence that the Earth is NOT > flat, that Earth has disappeared. We just correct our theory of Earth. Why > couldn't we do that with the notion of God?' > ------------ > > The God of Abrahamic faiths is the Deity. We believe that He is the only > God from time immemorial. All prophets preceding Abraham also spoke of the > same God. Unfortunately, over ages most belief systems degenerate into a > pantheon of gods 'in the image of humans'. > The God I believe in is the majestic, indescribable, unimaginable, > majestic Creator and Sustainer of everything. > Unfortunately, instead of focussing on and understanding God's message of > love and justice, people misunderstand the warnings of not qualifying for > Heaven and blame / reject a God who warns of Hell as the consequence of > injustice. > Rejecting God won't make any difference to God or His plan. We need Him > and His guidance,
I don't... that doesn't mean I'm immoral and deserve Hell... if there was an all loving god, it wouldn't allow for hell and evil... this problem as a name "the problem of evil" and it has no satisfying answer if such god truly exist. Anyway, I absolutely don't need any faith in any sort of personified god to live. Quentin > not the other way round! > > Samiya > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 28-Nov-2013, at 6:52 PM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I was of course alluding to the greek (neo)platonists. They did invented > the God used by both the abramanic cultures (even if terribly deformed, > notably by the abandon of science about it, and the use of authoritative > arguments, by Christians, Muslims, and perhaps by the Jewish (with > Maimonides, to some extent). > > > > It is not because we have found strong evidence that the Earth is NOT > flat, that Earth has disappeared. We just correct our theory of Earth. Why > couldn't we do that with the notion of God? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
