Attributes of God

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Or we could discuss your inability to decipher a joke or understand something when it is explained to you.

If this is part of your need to “defeat” me then so be it.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
You're like the RHP equivalent of Louis Armstrong's 'What a Wonderful World,' singing about all the lovely green trees and colours of the rainbow and ignoring all the really nasty stuff.

Thank you!

@ghost-of-a-duke said
This post of yours would only make sense if the question were, 'What attributes would you 'like' a God to have?

You have nothing tangible to evidence a God actually exists who has these attributes, and even scripture is inconsistent on the matter.

They are the attributes of my God, if they make no sense to you then maybe meditate on them for a while. Not sure what to suggest.

@suzianne said
This viewpoint of yours is clearly borne out of your own narcissistic personality disorder and nowhere else.

What “viewpoint”? Ghost of a Duke wants to “defeat” me, I’m curious about this.

Do you have anything to say on the “attributes of God” or are you just here to smear your faeces on the walls again?

@divegeester said
What would you agree to being “evidence”?

When you describe God as merciful, what is that based on? What has led you to that conclusion?

The Bible shows Him to be merciful at times and at other times a million miles from merciful.

@divegeester said
If this is part of your need to “defeat” me then so be it.

Have you simply forgotten my explanation for this?

You were defeated (like any other Christian) if you were Christian X or Christian Z in the scenario I provided. It was a no win situation.

Your fixation on being personally defeated hints perhaps on some insecurity in your beliefs.

@divegeester said
They are the attributes of my God, if they make no sense to you then maybe meditate on them for a while. Not sure what to suggest.

You have fashioned your own God. I get that. All warm and cuddly.

@fmf said
You seem to have missed the point completely.

Man did not create God, fashioning Him after our image. We have made up gods,
and we do our harm, fail to grasp who God is, and by doing that, we can miss Him
completely. We make up many things and hold conflicting views about many
things, while God is not a God of confusion and doesn't change.

We don't see things the way He does, and our limitations when we make things
up, we build into what it is we create our own flaws. The gods that sprang up in
the universe, according to our stories, had beginnings; they had fathers, starts,
and stops; the universe contains the whole story within the universe; it all begins
and ends in ever-changing while God is not part like that. He created everything,
and everything is here because of Him, not the other way around.

@kellyjay said
Man did not create God, fashioning Him after our image. We have made up gods,
and we do our harm, fail to grasp who God is, and by doing that, we can miss Him
completely. We make up many things and hold conflicting views about many
things, while God is not a God of confusion and doesn't change.

We don't see things the way He does, and our limitations when we make thing ...[text shortened]... like that. He created everything,
and everything is here because of Him, not the other way around.

You seem to have missed the point completely, as well.

@fmf said
You seem to have missed the point completely, as well.

Yawn.

@kellyjay said
Yawn.

Well exactly. It appears, once again, that you have started a thread which is not an in-good-faith attempt to start a conversation.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
When you describe God as merciful, what is that based on? What has led you to that conclusion?

“ Have you simply forgotten my explanation for this?”

It’s based on my personal opinion of and relationship with God, the “nice bits” of the bible, the “nice bits” of other books, my personal moral compass and spiritual perception.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
You have fashioned your own God. I get that. All warm and cuddly.

Why are your your feathers ruffled by what I perceive god to be?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Have you simply forgotten my explanation for this?

You were defeated (like any other Christian) if you were Christian X or Christian Z in the scenario I provided. It was a no win situation.

Your fixation on being personally defeated hints perhaps on some insecurity in your beliefs.

I think the insecurity here is your need to see that I am personally defeated. As I said earlier “Freudian” possibly. It’s interesting.

@divegeester said
Sovereign, responsible and accountable.
Merciful, righteous and morally unimpeachable.
Kind, gentle and understanding.
Victorious, triumphant and inclusive.

Just a few adjectives and attributes to kick off with my immediate thoughts.

Edit; good thread idea btw 👍🏻

Accountable? To who?

You left out the second half of the question posed in the OP.