On Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:41:46 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/17/14, 6:13 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Mon, 17 Mar 2014 11:56:00 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:



I don't see how posing a question attacks Tim's beliefs. It's simply my
posit that man's concepts of god pretty much follow the same path and
are pretty much the same, and have evolved as man has uncovered many of
the mysteries of the natural world. God seems to be the concept many
invoke when, among many issues, they don't (yet) understand their world.

Both the old and new testaments discuss Sodom and Gomorrah, for example,
and how god destroyed them, and just everything alive in them, including
small and presumably innocent children. The same god who was
transmogrified into the much kinder jesus? Did god evolve or did man's
concept of god evolve?

These are fairly deep questions, John, and so I can understand why you
can't deal with them. Model airplanes are much more your speed.

Why do you continuously lie about your possessions, your photography, your travels, etc, etc.?

Now, I just posed a question. Did it attack you in any way?

I'll understand if you're not able to answer them. Fake owl pictures are much more your speed.


Whoosh.

I don't know what Tim's beliefs are in whether the god of old is the
god of new. I simply posited that I thought that god of modern times is
pretty much the same as god of ancient times, and that as man learned
more about his natural world, his concepts of god and nature became more
cerebral and, shall we say, civilized.

Thus, my question, did god evolve or did man's concept of god evolve?

I understand that could be an intellectually dangerous question. My
feeling is that god is the same god, no matter where one might be on the
space-time continuum and that, theologically speaking, the ancient
Egyptian worship of a stone god is really no different than modern man's
worship of a god who apparently only exists in the spiritual world.

Note that I am not questioning the existence of god or the belief in
god. I am simply discussing the nature of god, and whether man's
perception of god has changed.

Apparently you are not equipped to engage in such a discussion without
making your usual snide comments.

You consider yourself worthy of a thoughtful discussion. I don't consider you worth picking up in a
doggie poop bag.

I am glad to see that you believe '...that god is the same god...'. I respect your belief in God,
even if you don't capitalize as appropriate. But then, spelling and punctuation have never been your
strong point.