Whose God May We Mock

It isn't the people who drive SUV's that tick me off. It's the way they drive them.

"All gods should be open to mocking. If the gods do not like it, they have it within their wherewithal to do something about it. If they decide to let the mocker continue his mocking, it must be because they have deigned to do so."

I agree. Although technically the one true God did give man dominion over the earth. So it's really up to society to decide what we are going to allow and not allow.

However, that said, our ancestors learned from the dark ages and from European Christian theocracies that failure to protect freedom of speech and freedom of religion means that someone elses interpretation of how to worship God get's forced down your throat. Frankly, we'd rather put up with people mocking God, than with people telling us how to worship Him.

Besides the whole Garden of Eden thing was about God giving man a choice. And if God chose to give man a choice, who are we to refuse him that choice, even if we don't want to hear it.

"In other words, deities should be powerful enough that they do not require mere mortals to carry their water for them."

Generally True, but nothing prevents a Diety from voluntarily setting aside their power and choosing to live as a man if said Diety sees fit. He might do that so as to provide an example of how to live and to pay a substitute payment so that the law (sin results in death) be fulfilled.

Phillipians 2:5 Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. 6He had equal status with God but didn't think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. 7Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human! 8Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn't claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death--and the worst kind of death at that: a crucifixion. (The Message)

Ah come on, take it easy on the folks, they have do something in between Harry Potter movies...

It may be in the fiction section, but apparently the author keeps saying that the facts in the book are true. He's just trying to have it both ways.

The facts may be true; the story woven around them can be completely fictitious. For example, if you've ever read a book set in World War II, the author probably got all his facts and history meticulously correct, he just created a fiction story to take advantage of those facts.