@kevin-eleven saidIt is very difficult to look at one Sovereign Lord when you look at how other
Or is that just one antique human way of thinking about God?
Maybe God splashes out the venues and buffets and just abides.
gods we made shape up, there was the universe, and other gods came up from it,
while the God of scripture is overall. Other Gods had beginnings, fathers' mothers,
while the God of scripture is eternal. Most other gods people made up suit
themselves, while the God of the Bible, not so much.'
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@divegeester saidThank goodness you are distracted by such a variety of preferences.
The Queen of England “reigns” but has limited executive power.
I prefer to consider accountability, responsibility, authority and true power to intervene at all levels and in all times.
@kevin-eleven saidYour thread idea has some mileage, unfortunately your capacity to discuss it doesn’t.
Thank goodness you are distracted by such a variety of preferences.
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@divegeester saidThings are as they are, no matter what we might say.
Your thread idea has some mileage, unfortunately your capacity to discuss it doesn’t.
@kevin-eleven said“It is what it is. You are what you are. There are no mistakes.”
Things are as they are, no matter what we might say.
- Tom Robbins
@kellyjay saidI think conceptualizing a possible creator entity as an anthropomorphized being is so willfully narrow and intellectually hamstringing ~ to such a degree ~ that doing so questions whether the curiosity is genuine and whether it is, instead, simply a parochial search for a curiosity-ending prepackaged set of narratives and doctrines to settle for.
It is very difficult to look at one Sovereign Lord when you look at how other
gods we made shape up, there was the universe, and other gods came up from it,
while the God of scripture is overall. Other Gods had beginnings, fathers' mothers,
while the God of scripture is eternal. Most other gods people made up suit
themselves, while the God of the Bible, not so much.'
22 Jul 22
@kevin-eleven saidAt least God is comfortable in his own power, unlike earthly kings.
Or is that just one antique human way of thinking about God?
Maybe God splashes out the venues and buffets and just abides.