The existence - or lack of - a God is one of humanity's fundamental questions. Since the first birth, the first sunrise, the first death, humans have sought to explain the world around them. The whole of human existence, in the end, comes down to this: Is there a God?
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The Storybook God
- From American Humanist Association
By American Humanist Association - Values for Today
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Unwarranted conclusion
First off, the mightiness of God does not at all determine his existence; simply- no matter what God is or does, he either exists or does not, and attempting to disprove the bible's God by showing what it inherently is (which does not disprove), doesn't disprove all definitions of God. This being said, we must realize that the utmost strategy of this argument is pathos. It tries to turn your emotions of wanting God to be all powerful into a conclusion for atheism. This argument completely skips logic. Logically we can see that if God exists, and he can in the framework of the bible despite these observations, then atheism is not the best answer. The argument presented here assumes omnipotence and the bible, therefore atheism. It fails to provide ANY logical warrant. It completely skips every other argument, and the simple fact that the arguments are not mutually exclusive. It therefore fails.
- jdefriez August 6, 2008 2:21PM
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The fall of the storybook god.
The argument about the storybook god does assume that God is omnipotent. However, it would appear from these passages that God is not all powerful. Furthermore, these passages show God to be capricious and vindictive. So we are still left with a god, but not a very attractive one. Because this picture of god is so unattractive, people have rejected it and replaced it with a picture of an all-powerful god. This suits people's tastes much better, but it would appear to be at odds with a literal reading of the Old Testament.
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January 26, 2009 8:37PM
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