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Why would God write a book of lies and why would you worship such a being?

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08-08-2012 1:18 AM 		Reply to: Message 1 by foreveryoung
08-07-2012 11:38 PM

philosophically speaking
If you say some of it is true, is it only because it already agrees with you have decided for yourself to be true?
Well....yes. I feel that I and only I can ultimately decide what I choose to believe in. For starters, when was it ever established that the books known as the Bible had to be true...without error...divinely inspired?
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I believe that God exists, and I also believe that God wants a communion(some form of communication) with humanity on this planet. Beyond that, I question most of organized religious dogma and tradition. I have a mind, after all...and why shouldn't I dare to use it?
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08-08-2012 7:59 AM 		Reply to: Message 10 by Taz
08-08-2012 4:35 AM

the philosophy of belief/understanding
Taz writes:
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After a while, god realized that the barbarians kept misunderstanding his commands, and so he started talking to them and sending prophets to make the communications earlier instead of sending them commands that kept getting misinterpreted.
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Why would God, by definition,realize something only "after a while"? Does not God know all things including all human thoughts?
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Of course, if we toss the Bible as a reference to how God is and how He behaves, we are then grasping at philosophical straws.
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Larni writes:
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As far as I'm aware Christians know their god via the Bible and that his character traits and behaviour patterns are rather explicitly layed out for all to see.
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I will admit that the God I believe in is a construction within my mind. I also believe, however, that the actual GOD (whom I believe exists and would exist even if I didn't believe) accepts and works around human limitations concerning His reality.
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Again, I believe that the GOD who is seeks communion with the minds and hearts of humanity.
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