Are you serious? Reciprocating love to those who give love to you is the most natural human response, in whatever healthy relationships. Relationships with God function that way as well, and God is infinitely more perfect than the most perfect of parents. What then makes you think love from Him should not be reciprocated?
The important caveat there is "in healthy relationships". Not all love exists within healthy relationships, and in many cases not returning the love of someone is completely justifiable behaviour. As my post stated, abusive parents are an example, an abusive spouse would be another.
That is because the woman of your dreams are essentially as much human as you are. You cannot say the same about God and man and expect God to be your equal, that is absurd. And for the last time, God does not demand anything from you that you are not willing. Worship that is not from the heart is not worship in God's eyes either, so stop labelling Him with that word falsely.
If it means anything, I'm not planning on dating god either.
And like I clearly said, God does not feel jealous in the way a human does. If you don't know, then don't judge.
1) Jealousy is jealousy, that's what the word means. If god feels something other than what we experience as jealousy, then whatever he is feeling isn't jealousy.
2) As for your last sentence, you're asserting I don't know, however how do you know? You have no access to information that I do not, and yet you are judging your god's actions and emotions as well. That's a fairly hypocritical statement.
You quoted from the OT to say that God demands everyone to worship Him. I give you the clear facts that the OT commandments was given to the Israelites when it was first written and was not enforced anywhere else in any other country or race. Therefore your idea that God demands everyone to worship Him is false.
I didn't say God demands everyone on the planet to worship him, but I did say god demands worship (even if it's just from the Israelites). Based on the OT scriptures I posted, my position is correct.
His direct instructions are always given to those who already wish to be His people. It is this case in the OT, it is the same in the NT. You have no history to back up your notion that the commandments of the Bible was EVER forced on the entire world, and therefore you have no backing for your false claim that God demands worship from all.
Again, I never made that claim. However, nowhere does it say the Israelites wished to be his people either... He made them his chosen people (which is rather odd for the creator of all humanity I may add) imposed himself upon them.
As a side point, it's good to know you don't believe the ten commandments apply to you. I assume you support taking them out of all schools, courtrooms and other government offices since they only apply to Israel, right?
