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<blockquote data-quote="Catherineanne" data-source="post: 62359352" data-attributes="member: 83057"><p>Well, here we can call on the wisdom of St Anselm. The blessed saint said that God is that, greater than which we cannot conceive. Therefore, if anyone presents you with a version of God which you can see to be lacking in any way, then that version must necessarily be insufficient.</p><p> </p><p>This is useful in overcoming all sorts of problems in relation to other people's concepts of God. Take any prejudice you like; perhaps one against black people. One person might say, God does not like black people. This one is easy to see; as long as there is one single person on the face of the earth who is able to say, hang on, that looks like racism to me; surely it cannot be right to judge people on the colour of their skin? God will also say so. According to Anselm's words, the existence of this one man is evidence that God is himself not racist; man cannot outdo God in virtue.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, any bigoted views that may be held, no matter how many thousands of people hold them, cannot be held by God as long as even one single person on earth can see them for what they are; bigotry.</p><p> </p><p>So we can conclude lots of things about God; he is not bigoted, he is not racist, he is not vengeful, he is not murderous, he does not condone abuse of any kind, he does not hate anyone, he does not call anyone an abomination, he does not anathematise anyone. All of these are human behaviours which we have projected onto God so that he gets the blame, not us. But they actually belong to us, not him.</p><p> </p><p>God is that, greater than which <strong>cannot</strong> be conceived. Any other God at all - any bigoted or angry version - is simply not big enough. If it is those versions that atheists reject, then so do I. But I don't swap an inadequate God for no God. The only difference is that I swap him for a bigger one; the God revealed most perfectly in Christ. After all, if you are going to have an Omnipotent Deity, why settle for second best?</p><p> </p><p><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/old/wave.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wave:" title="wave :wave:" data-shortname=":wave:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Catherineanne, post: 62359352, member: 83057"] Well, here we can call on the wisdom of St Anselm. The blessed saint said that God is that, greater than which we cannot conceive. Therefore, if anyone presents you with a version of God which you can see to be lacking in any way, then that version must necessarily be insufficient. This is useful in overcoming all sorts of problems in relation to other people's concepts of God. Take any prejudice you like; perhaps one against black people. One person might say, God does not like black people. This one is easy to see; as long as there is one single person on the face of the earth who is able to say, hang on, that looks like racism to me; surely it cannot be right to judge people on the colour of their skin? God will also say so. According to Anselm's words, the existence of this one man is evidence that God is himself not racist; man cannot outdo God in virtue. Therefore, any bigoted views that may be held, no matter how many thousands of people hold them, cannot be held by God as long as even one single person on earth can see them for what they are; bigotry. So we can conclude lots of things about God; he is not bigoted, he is not racist, he is not vengeful, he is not murderous, he does not condone abuse of any kind, he does not hate anyone, he does not call anyone an abomination, he does not anathematise anyone. All of these are human behaviours which we have projected onto God so that he gets the blame, not us. But they actually belong to us, not him. God is that, greater than which [B]cannot[/B] be conceived. Any other God at all - any bigoted or angry version - is simply not big enough. If it is those versions that atheists reject, then so do I. But I don't swap an inadequate God for no God. The only difference is that I swap him for a bigger one; the God revealed most perfectly in Christ. After all, if you are going to have an Omnipotent Deity, why settle for second best? :wave: [/QUOTE]
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