I raised the point, partly, from the memory of speaking absolutely confidently, definitively, authoritatively about things like Chrst, drawing from my memorized (TMO) catechism, "Christ never suffered", Christ's main message was that the kingdom of heaven is within". etc. It was SO logical, it HAD to be true. So I / we spoke it as if it was an established fact.
--- In [email protected], new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > ... > > > > I am not arguing for the propostion that God is a one trick pony, etc. > I simply question the ability for anyone to definatively speak for God > -- even if the proposition is most logical. > > Lots of people think they speak for God, and tell us definitively what > Gods nature is and what God really means, I just ask them the same > questiom I ask you: how do you really know? On what bais can you speak > authoritatively about God -- unless, an until you can establish that > "God" -- in a form all would acknowledge as such -- came to you and > said this, and you could conclusively demonstrate that you were not > hallucinating -- nor prone to delusions. > > > Well, a great many people in the world do believe God is a one-trick > pony, > > and they delight in killing those who don't see things as they do. > If God > > did give such a directive to one person, what about all the people > who lived > > and died before that person, or in cultures unable to communicate > with his? > > These sort of questions certainly don't prove that God spoke to you. > > > What about all the other inhabited planets that undoubtedly sprinkle the > > universe? Is this person on tour, or is there one super guy appointed to > > each planet, who somehow takes care of everyone in the millions of years > > preceding and succeeding his lifetime? > > Maybe God speaks to one in each generation. Maybe God spoke to one a > long time ago, in the corporate board room and said "do nothing". > Maybe God is a 1000 foot tall catipillar and doesn't speak at all. Or > maybe God does not exist. Or maybe God is a Deist, an created the > universe and then withdrew to let world-kind to figure it out for > themselves. > > I imagine you can't even disprove these possibilities, much less prove > that God spoke to you and gave you the inside scoop. > > If on the other hand you are simply musing about God and offering up > your own personal ponderings and possibly projections about what God > is and means, then cool. > > Then, maybe my 1000 foot catipillar God can speak to your multi-pony > God -- while the God of Abraham, the God of Moses, the God of > Mohamad, the God of Christ, the God of Joseph Smith , the God of > Vyassa, The God of Patanjali, The God of Confusus, all look on with > arms crossed-- and looking on skeptically. >
