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Originally Posted by Zeraph
Well Cynosure, yeah, that's what I would expect if you believe in a christian type god.
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Not just a "christian type" god. The Old Testament – particularly its first few books, which is what I've been referring to – is at the core of Christianity, Judaism and Islam.
Even so, it appears to me that atheists are want to lump all gods together, whether it be the omniscient and omnipotent, all- and ever-present God of Christianity, Judaism and Islam, who is perfect and peerless, or the anthropomorphic, physical (albeit immortal, though they can die or be destroyed) and limited (albeit super-powerful) gods of Greek, Norse and Hindu mythology, who are flawed, as well as many and competitive with one another.
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Originally Posted by Zeraph
If there is that type of god (I should say I do believe in some sort of "god", just not one that has such a...personality).
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If there is a God, it stands to reason that he/she (surely, such a God would be both and neither) would be an intelligent, sentient, and, yes, even caring being. Why? Because of the representation given by us human beings, who are like points of light – thinking, feeling, and caring – in a dark, vast and cold universe that operates like highly complex, yet utterly impersonal, clockwork. As for the other animals on our world: even the brightest of them are vastly inferior to us human beings in their ability to think, feel and care, for they are mostly if not entirely limited to their instincts and programming.