God Is Not On My Side. Or Yours

Time ^ | Sunday, Dec. 09, 2001 | ROGER ROSENBLATT

[Kevin Curry]

Rosenblatt can only imagine a God as wise and capable as Rosenblatt himself. If God were only as wise and capable as Rosenblatt, I'd hold God in derision and utter contempt too.

[detsaoT]

Ahh, more rediculous blathering from the pages of the anti-Religious Left. I may hafta buy a copy of this magazine to use for kindling...

;) ttt

[shrinkermd]

He either doesn't read the Bible or doesn't believe it.

[Eternal_Bear]

All your Gods are belong to us:^)

[Rustynailww]

Jesus loves me,..but he can't stand you..

[BenF]

God Is Not On My Side. Or Yours

While it is true that G-D is not on my side, I am most assuredly on His. Somehow I doubt that the author can make the same claim.

[UCANSEE2]

One of our famous leaders in the past said something close to this:

When asked if God was on our side, he replied,"We better be sure WE are on GOD's side !"

[wwjdn]

What is your point besides asking God to smite you for blastephemy? If God were not on our side the taliban would be moving into the White House about now, or it would be smouldering rubble.

[Brett66]

So indefinite is my idea of God that I do not even connect it to morality.

So why are you writing about something you don't know? Typical leftist.

[Incorrigible]

[Cogadh na Sith]

He almost had a point with the 'involuntary awe' part and then pulled back from it in the attempt to justify his amoral liberal 'do-as-thou-wilt' stance.

[jmccoy1252]

Genesis 1:26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth and over all the creatures that move along the ground. Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image. in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them...........God is with all of us, it is our decision on whether or not we are on God's side.

[anniegetyourgun]

So indefinite is the author's idea of God that he just makes it up as he goes along. Kev's right - this man's god is too small.

[Celtjew Libertarian]

Similarly, if one prays for gifts and protections, one must naturally assume that God micromanages the universe for the advantage of particular believers.

Nope. The assumption is that God can if He wants. Whether he chooses to do so is another question. Sometimes the answer to a prayer is "no."

But this is simply good-hearted arrogance cloaked in morality--the same kind of thinking that makes people decide that God created humans in his own image.

Hardly. If you believe that God is an intelligent, creative force, then it should be easy to see that we are images of God -- as small-scale, intelligent, creative forces. We are not so much physical images of God -- though no doubt, He can look human, if He wishes -- as much as we are small-scale versions of God's essence as Creator.

At least, that's my belief.

[anniegetyourgun]

The author is perpetuating lies about God.

[M.K. Borders]

This entire article, and all current replies, were best covered in a speech by Abraham Lincoln 140 years ago.

It may be that God is on my side and not on yours. It may very well be that God is on your side and against mine. It also may very well be that God is on niether of our sides. But it is impossible for God to be on both our sides
Paraphrased, with my appologies.

[anniegetyourgun]

Ping.

[LuvItOrLeaveIt]

The author is perpetuating lies about God.

In my humble opinion, so is every person who ever said anything about any god, including the authors of such works as The Holy Bible, The Q'uran, The Upanishads, or, The Bhagavad Gita.

That's my opinion, your mileage may vary.

[dell Arpa]

I think it was St. Anselm who called theology 'faith seeking understanding.' This guy is trying to do theology with little or no faith, which makes for some pretty bad theology.