Should a monotheistic God ever be considered good or great?

Should a monotheistic God ever be considered good or great? Aug 9, 2018 12:12:58 GMT

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Post by FilmFlaneur on Aug 9, 2018 12:12:58 GMT

Aug 9, 2018 12:00:04 GMT Aj_June said:

My view on the first point you raise is that if there are monotheistic religions whose Gods change nature then those religions have essentially committed bad editing and mistakes and have made God do things against her nature (remember that these religions emphasise that their gods are all-powerful, omniscient, perfect etc.). For example, if a religion claims that its God is perfect and then simultaneously depicts god that either regrets, becomes emotional or changes his nature then such a religion is making itself inconsistent and refutable.

But then the obvious question is, what if it is the case that part of the nature of a changeable God is to be, well, changeable? Since things are by their nature beyond proof, then the answer of whether or not is unknowable. But one can at least imagine a god which could be changeable in this way.

the changes that is supposed to make should have a logical basis. Almost all religions that claim to be monotheistic such as Sikhism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Vaishnavism, Shaktism, Hare Krishna, Baha'I and Zoroastrianism have not just monotheistic god but also omniscient god....these contradictory religions may have portrayed Gods doing all kinds of things contrary to their nature (which their adherents do no accept), we will discuss more according to certain attributes that are generally attached to monotheistic God- Omniscient, all-powerful, perfect etc.

Once again the observation would be that I can think of an illogical god which would, as part of its nature, be illogical when it wanted; and that, since gods typically work in 'mysterious ways' that cannot be fully known, then there is no meaningful way to judge their actions from a human perspective, although yes, we can judge those who follow them and their inconsistencies of word and claim.

FF: But aren't human characteristics (or anthropomorphism) just a 'system' of sorts

Yeah, but more usually you attach emotions such as love, affection, goodness, sadness with human traits and traits such as lack of emotion and sticking to system with computers. of course computers can have bugs and do weird things.

Fair enough. However it is arguable that any entity with deliberation, beard and vanity or not, would work to a system since something undeliberated is unsystematic.