Post by Aj_June on Aug 9, 2018 12:40:11 GMT
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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 is unknowable. But one can at least imagine a god which could be changeable in this way.
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.
Sure you can imagine such a God. I am not at all contending that you can't. My main issue was that it is better to discuss such topics from the viewpoint of the people who actually claim to follow a monotheistic God.
I have been trying to say that almost all regions in the world that actually claim to believe in monotheistic god generally also claim that their gods have following attributes - omniscience, all-powerful being, perfect being, logical being.
I am nowhere saying that the gods depicted in the famous religions are actually logical. Sure all these religions contradict their claims. Most of their adherents do not agree but the religions surely are full of contradictions. But it is better if we discussed these issues along the lines which monotheistic religions purportedly claim to represent. None of the monotheistic religions will claim to have a god that does illogical thing or a god that is evil. Sure we can conceive of such gods. But my intention was to keep this discussion along the lines of attributes that monotheists generally attach to their Gods as discussion will then have more realistic touch. I may not have been clear on that in my initial post. So sorry about that.
One extra observation I will like to make - It is not just 3 Abhrahamic religion that claim to have logical, omniscient and all-powerful monotheistic Gods. Even religions such as Baha'I, Sikhism, Vaishnavism and Zorastrianism also claim to have one ruler who is omniscient. good, logical. The attributes of monotheistic Gods are nearly the same.