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Sorry, I may not have been clear. I think we are talking under different assumptions, so let me give it another shot. "God," as a changeable and changing entity, dumped the idea of immobile perfection because there was no love in it, no glory, and nothing to accopmlish. Why so? That is a mystery. There's always at least one why that we cannot answer. If I may draw a tribalistic analogy, kids are often unpredictable...Maciamo said:Doesn't make sense. If that god is omnipotent and omniscient, why would it have any problem "managing the proper upbringing of humans and interacting with them" ?
How can it be perfect if it is boring ? How can an omnipotent god feel unhappy or bored (if he can't use his power just to control his emotions, he is hardly omnipotent). ?
But then again, omnipotence is such an artificial, and relative notion. Very unnatural concept. For example a yakuza head could be termed omnipotent, but it's just an expression. I'm not sure if it's a good analogy, though.
But it makes him more human and approachable, right?Considering the length and extent of the universe, seeing how this "god" has difficult dealing with his own creation, and was even forced to change his basic morals, is just absurd.
It's actually rather amusing to imagine such a god.
Without sarcasm, it almost sounds like you, the professed atheist, are more serious about the qualities of "god," while the "true believers," so to speak, are more busy with befriending him.
I'd have to disagree there. A death of a star may be a cosmic disaster, but don't you think something like the tsunami disaster count much, much more?There is so much more to care about than humans in the universe.
Of course, there may be more than one planet supporting intelligent beings in the universe as we know it, and god may have to worry about them, too. Can't complain about your idea then!
To overcome sibling rivalry and yield to the other is honorable indeed.
I personally have no problem with that. I'm actually happily surprised with your vivid picture of "god" as the 'village chief.' I think that would be an admirable and amicable depiction of "god."At best, in our huge (probably infinte) universe, this god looks like a 'village chief' preoccupied by trivial matters. Not a big deal to guess what kind of person might have imagined such a god - and not difficult se understand why such thinking would appeal mostly to people living in remote areas, such as the US countryside (given the very low population density, not unlike that of the Ancient Middle East, where the concept was born).
It was actually in some kind of isolation from the busy cities that "god" first spoke to Ibrahim and Moshe.
A desert or in the mountains would be a fine place to have a good talk in private. In fact, once the wars are over, we might just learn more about the early happenings in the ancient Middle East, where the sun rose upon humanity for the first time, or was it the second? The excavations have all but stopped due to all the nasty bickerings over there. Really sad, isn't it?