His audience is supposedly created in his image and likeness, Mark, andowed with reason. You would expect them to not be fumbling idiots who can't get their story straight, wouldn't you? And it still doens't epxlain a deity that's "behind the curve."
I'm not sure that the deity is behind the curve, rather than the Scripture writers. And image? You know what funhouse mirrors look like.
He definitely created a bunch of mindless invertebrates. So? That is His prerogative, is it not?
Who says that, Mark? Some anonymous writer or a bunch of copyists? And you believe them? I guess that's your prerogative.
Yes it is. The rank of mankind includes the Sir Isaac Newtons and the Charles Mansons. It includes the Winston Churchills and the Lady Gagas. It includes Alexander the Great and Rod Blagojevich. Look around you at what the human race includes.
God does not have to live up to my standards, Kosta. I just have to live up to His.
If you say so, Mark. But how do you know what God's standards are or which "holy book" to believe in?
I don't know. I believe. Now that we have gotten past that, my beliefs are based upon the Church's current (and past) teachings on His standards. The Church has been pretty consistent for the last 1700 years on just about everything that relates to His standards, wouldn't you say?
How so, Mark? Did the Fall happen or not? If so, was it God's will or not? From the Christian perspective, he dind't see it coming and spent thousands of years fixing it.
In Genesis 6:6 he regrets having created man. Was that an afterthought or is the Bible just plain wrong?
How does a perfect creator create a perfect world, and then let is slip under his feet?
And image? You know what funhouse mirrors look like.
You really think he created a caricature?
Look around you at what the human race includes.
The Bible and the Church say he created everything good.
Kosta: If you say so, Mark. But how do you know what God's standards are or which "holy book" to believe in?
Mark: I don't know. I believe.
Who decided what you should believe? You or someone/something else? If it's your choice, then you should know why you believe one "holy" book over another.
Now that we have gotten past that, my beliefs are based upon the Church's current (and past) teachings on His standards.
No, Mark, a belief can only be based on one's own choice, or on someone else's choice. Which is it?
The Church has been pretty consistent for the last 1700 years on just about everything that relates to His standards, wouldn't you say?
I am not sure about that. How about the procession of the Holy Spirit? How about the (un)created grace? How about on the Limbo? The Purgatory? The original sin? The Immaculate Conception? Papal infallibility? Christology? On the Canon? On salvation our side the Church, etc.?