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ChaosEnginesays...*related=https://videosift.com/video/GOD-Vol-1-Serengeti
siftbotsays...GOD, Vol.1: Serengeti has been added as a related post - related requested by ChaosEngine.
cloudballoonsays...What God is he? In which religion? Or is he the personification of God an atheist thinks God(s) would or could do if there really is a God of such power?
Having God-like powers is no God.
This short films series speak more of the misconception of God (as a religious symbol, real deity, imaginary fictional character) than real understanding OR rejection of God for the people involved in the project IMO. It's like they have a full-on hate-on of "God," whatever their definition is.
It's not advancing any intelligent argument for OR against God. It serves more to troll people into defending or attacking their or others' belief.
Or... or... if the intention is to setup a hypothetical scenario which "a grumpy old human being, senile in his neurological faculty, is given God-like powers, than what this person can and will do for self-serving pleasure?" then it makes all kinds of sense in a comic book sort of way.
newtboysays...I took it as commentary on the idea that, if there is an omniscient, omnipotent god, it must be wholly uninterested in our well being and completely divorced from our idea of morality and decency or it would use it's powers in a far more beneficial and instructive way.
What God is he? In which religion? Or is he the personification of God an atheist thinks God(s) would or could do if there really is a God of such power?
Having God-like powers is no God.
This short films series speak more of the misconception of God (as a religious symbol, real deity, imaginary fictional character) than real understanding OR rejection of God for the people involved in the project IMO. It's like they have a full-on hate-on of "God," whatever their definition is.
It's not advancing any intelligent argument for OR against God. It serves more to troll people into defending or attacking their or others' belief.
Or... or... if the intention is to setup a hypothetical scenario which "a grumpy old human being, senile in his neurological faculty, is given God-like powers, than what this person can and will do for self-serving pleasure?" then it makes all kinds of sense in a comic book sort of way.
Mordhaussays...Lucifer sent him wine, obviously it is meant to be the God of the Book.
Mordhaussays...*death *promote
siftbotsays...Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Sunday, September 23rd, 2018 7:14pm PDT - promote requested by Mordhaus.
Adding video to channels (Death) - requested by Mordhaus.
Mordhaussays...This sums it up:
cloudballoonsays...Love your reply and POV. You got it pretty much 100% right IMO. I admit, as I Christian, I went in from a far more cynical perspective because this "wholly uninterested god" is way different from the God of the Bible. Not that God didn't bring some crazy disasters on humans in the OT, but damn, not this way or purpose as in the videos.
I don't mind people mocking God or Christians or overly religious zealots of any faith. Many are wholly deserved to be mocked. People (that includes me, God knows I'm a dumbass, lol) need to be held responsible for their own crap & offensiveness and be called out.
Still, I feel this series is not helping any discussion, just good for a laugh (maybe?) and some decent video editing & production. It's harmless if seen as a philosophical piece.
I'd love to see some intelligent, cool-headed no-trolling discussions on the pros & cons, history & evolution of religion and such. But it's really tough when religion is so politicized (especially in the USA) and often hijacked for self-serving purposes. (Godly man Roy Moore my ass!)
I live in Canada, and I would call myself a Christian in public here, but in the US? No freaking way... it's not out of fear of being mocked and anything... it's that I hardly see me as anything similar to those "evangelicals" from my own limited exposure to them in US media. It's like they're a different (offensive) beast.
I took it as commentary on the idea that, if there is an omniscient, omnipotent god, it must be wholly uninterested in our well being and completely divorced from our idea of morality and decency or it would use it's powers in a far more beneficial and instructive way.
BSRsays...Why did you create two different Christians? There can be only one.
I live in Canada, and I would call myself a Christian in public here, but in the US? No freaking way... it's not out of fear of being mocked and anything... it's that I hardly see me as anything similar to those "evangelicals" from my own limited exposure to them in US media. It's like they're a different (offensive) beast.
cloudballoonsays...Not all Christians are the same. You can generalize, fairly, about Christians on some theological belief stuff (one God, heaven, Jesus is savior, etc.) but outside of that, we're all different - human beings each shaped by various DNA, character, family, upbringing, history, peers and society.
Why did you create two different Christians? There can be only one.
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