Jan. 15th, 2020 01:25 pm
Religious Chatter
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monsterqueersIm cutting this mostly out of my history of religion class essay because it might be a little too mean and argument-starting and heretical but im putting it here because I want to save it.
"...While I believe that all gods exist in some form, I do not feel as though most are inherently worthy of my worship. My respect and acknowledgement, sure. A nod when I am in their territory, of course. But I simply cannot justify personally worshipping any being claiming to be truly omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent and that their love requires them to be absolved of their guilt of neglecting their assumed communal responsibilities like an extremely terrible fish owner forgetting to feed their fish for three weeks straight.
If they set up the metaphorical tank, they bought the metaphorical fish, and they put the metaphorical fish in there, then they now have a responsibility to that fish. If they choose to allow it to suffer when they are capable of offering aid with little to no comparative effort, they’re a bad pet owner and shouldn’t be praised for it.
It’s The Problem Of Evil, and why I tend to be more comfortable with less omniscient deities, ones who embody a narrower domain..."
"...While I believe that all gods exist in some form, I do not feel as though most are inherently worthy of my worship. My respect and acknowledgement, sure. A nod when I am in their territory, of course. But I simply cannot justify personally worshipping any being claiming to be truly omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent and that their love requires them to be absolved of their guilt of neglecting their assumed communal responsibilities like an extremely terrible fish owner forgetting to feed their fish for three weeks straight.
If they set up the metaphorical tank, they bought the metaphorical fish, and they put the metaphorical fish in there, then they now have a responsibility to that fish. If they choose to allow it to suffer when they are capable of offering aid with little to no comparative effort, they’re a bad pet owner and shouldn’t be praised for it.
It’s The Problem Of Evil, and why I tend to be more comfortable with less omniscient deities, ones who embody a narrower domain..."
Re: Yes ...
True, true, I mean it in the 'choosing not to learn about its creations despite having the capacity' sense rather than the 'outside of the god's control' sense, sorry that wasnt clear, 'tis what I get for not reviewing my words five or six times before I post lol.
Also it might not be a god's fault, but depending on the screw up, it might be the god's responsibility. If the entity is supposed to be a caretaker, claims to be a caretaker, and then doesnt try to fix their mess.
True! But I dont want to alienate people who may believe their god is Unlimited, even if the canon doesnt state it. My social skills and ability to articulate things properly, particularly irl, are bad enough that I would prefer to not add possibly inflammatory statements to the mix. Especially because this isnt a debate class. Im here to get my humanities credits, learn interesting facts, and then run back to the electrical engineering department.
Re: Yes ...
If you have access to a pet care manual but can't be arsed to read it, then you are a crappy pet owner.
>>Im here to get my humanities credits, learn interesting facts, and then run back to the electrical engineering department.<<
Then you should choose a less incendiary topic than religion for class, or if religion is the only topic, stick to parroting popular discussions about it. Keep your much more interesting personal observations for a more suitable venue. Your own blog is a fine place for that, if you don't have teachers spying on you here.
Re: Yes ...
Thus why I removed all the bits that could come off as too heretical, argumentative, etc in any and all essays I have done or will do in the future.
In the op Im pretty sure I mentioned that the excerpt was one of the ones I was cutting out, and this is just the bit I was saving of said scrapped direction because I wanted to keep it for use later, but if I didnt then yeah.
Nah I go to a community college, the teacher isnt going to put in the extra effort to try to find me, especially because I have taken pains to keep any accounts attached to my fandom/online life very separate from my rl life.
Im very specifically keeping my online accounts out of the view of people irl where possible, no real names where possible, no linking on places where real names are used, etc.