What if god...

[raphaelh42]

Hi

Seems to me we always think god is someone nice etc, i propose we think things differently, maybe to have some fun but mostly to try to evolve about this subject

 

Personally, if god / a god exists, i see it as a conscious living being, who created universe, for an experiment, to see how things would go in, maybe just to be curious/for fun, or maybe for a future job

 

Anyway.... ->

 

What if god was a jerk?

 

What if god was dead?

 

 

 

[iNow]

What if god never existed anywhere outside of our imaginations 

[gawdzillasama]

What if any god or gods were the result of humans taking the easy way out with regard to ethics?

[TheVat]

God is dead.  - Nietzsche 

Nietzsche is dead.  - God

22 minutes ago, gawdzillasama said:

What if any god or gods were the result of humans taking the easy way out with regard to ethics?

God seems like one of those handy concepts when a community tries to enforce ethical rules.  The chief, or constable, or consigliere can't monitor everyone or resolve disputes all the time, so they promote the idea that a divine eye in the sky is watching them and they'd better be good for goodness sakes.

[Peterkin]

3 hours ago, raphaelh42 said:

What if god was a jerk?

Read the the old testament. That god was. Still is in much of modern preachment. Read Norse or Greek mythology. Those gods were. 

3 hours ago, raphaelh42 said:

What if god was dead?

Read 'Towing Jehovah' by James Morrow. Other people have considered these ideas.

[gawdzillasama]

The OT was written by angry old men with camels. The NT dropped the camels. 

[TheVat]

On 12/25/2024 at 12:17 PM, Peterkin said:

 

Read 'Towing Jehovah' by James Morrow. Other people have considered these ideas.

I have seen this novel on library shelves and meant to get around to it.  Thank for mentioning it.  

[Phi for All]

What if god is just a scam that promotes a brand of chaos that allows men to justify/denounce any behavior they want? What if god is the nasty root of patriarchal exploitation, aggression, and greed? What if god is the sole obstacle to humans deciding to live in a peaceful, cooperative society that practices a more horizontal morality, focusing on those beside us rather than those above or below us?

[Peterkin]

6 hours ago, TheVat said:

I have seen this novel on library shelves and meant to get around to it. 

It gets a little OTT at about the three-quarter mark, but the concept is interesting.

I found a couple of his other novels equally original, yet uneven in execution. But that's just my literary critic talking. They're wild rides.

Edited December 28, 2024 by Peterkin