Register | Sign In


Understanding through Discussion


EvC Forum active members: 65 (9164 total)
3 online now:
Newest Member: ChatGPT
Post Volume: Total: 916,909 Year: 4,166/9,624 Month: 1,037/974 Week: 364/286 Day: 7/13 Hour: 0/0


Thread  Details

Email This Thread
Newer Topic | Older Topic
  
Author Topic:   Is needing or wanting to worship a God a human defect or benefit?
ringo
Member (Idle past 442 days)
Posts: 20940
From: frozen wasteland
Joined: 03-23-2005


Message 15 of 27 (703209)
07-16-2013 2:36 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Greatest I am
07-15-2013 11:03 AM


Greatest I am writes:
Is needing or wanting to worshiping a God a human defect or benefit?
Why do women like "bad boys"?
There's an evolutionary advantage in having a partner who's an independent thinker, a leader instead of a follower. He has the potential to be a better provider, a better protector.
On the other hand, he also has the potential to abandon you.
Sometimes innovation is better. Sometimes stability is better.
So gods, like boyfriends, have their good points and their bad points - and sometimes they're the same points.

This message is a reply to:
 Message 1 by Greatest I am, posted 07-15-2013 11:03 AM Greatest I am has replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 21 by Greatest I am, posted 07-21-2013 8:24 PM ringo has replied

  
ringo
Member (Idle past 442 days)
Posts: 20940
From: frozen wasteland
Joined: 03-23-2005


(3)
Message 27 of 27 (703461)
07-22-2013 11:56 AM
Reply to: Message 21 by Greatest I am
07-21-2013 8:24 PM


Greatest I am writes:
I know of many bad ones and could use a link or 2 to a few of God's non-murderous good deeds.
As I said, sometimes they're the same. Even murder can be a good deed if it's your enemy that's murdered.
Of course, a murder that benefits you might be a detriment to somebody else. Reality is much more complicated than a simple list of "good deeds" and a simple list of bad ones.

This message is a reply to:
 Message 21 by Greatest I am, posted 07-21-2013 8:24 PM Greatest I am has not replied

  
Newer Topic | Older Topic
Jump to:


Copyright 2001-2023 by EvC Forum, All Rights Reserved

™ Version 4.2
Innovative software from Qwixotic © 2024