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Author Topic:   6 questions about an "omni" God
Mister Pamboli
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Message 2 of 21 (40293)
05-15-2003 6:24 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Perdition
05-15-2003 5:51 PM


Re: 6
I'm not in a position to answer your first five questions, but your sixth is a little odd:
quote:
6) If god is not omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent, as some may say to answer some of the above questions, why would he be worth praying to?
Are you implying that if God were omniyadayada, She would be worth praying to? If so, ask yourself why.
Take that answer, and consider if the properties that make prayer to such a God worth while are absolute or progressive. For example, if an omniscient God is definitely worth praying to, what about a God who is not all-knowing, but just very very very very knowing? Maybe She is worth praying to, but just not as much as the omniGod.

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Mister Pamboli
Member (Idle past 7605 days)
Posts: 634
From: Washington, USA
Joined: 12-10-2001


Message 7 of 21 (40373)
05-16-2003 2:44 AM
Reply to: Message 4 by Perdition
05-16-2003 12:47 AM


Re: 6
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I'm not saying an omnigod is definitely worth praying to, but I AM saying that I do not believe that a non-omnigod is worth praying to. If ghod is just a very intelligent being, we do not owe it any more supplication than, say Stephen Hawking or Albert Einstein.
You seem to have a strange idea of what prayer involves.
Needing guidance, would you not respect the wise for their wisdom? Needing help, would you not seek help from those who can assist you? Needing comfort would you not seek comfort from those who can comfort you?
Maybe you wouldn't, but it would hardly be remiss of others if they did. And have you never praised someone for their virtue, their skill, their intelligence, their wisdom? Have you never been in love and adored your lover for nothing more than being there? If you haven't, I am truly sorry for you!
Now, what if these qualities were not even infinite, but still almost unimaginably great, though with their flaws. Would you still not respect, or seek help, or seek comfort in proportion to those qualities?

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