tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post2678429822409158086..comments2024-03-28T20:13:21.900-06:00Comments on The Blog Fodder: The Nature of GodThe Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-67486197870114891152010-07-17T18:57:01.829-06:002010-07-17T18:57:01.829-06:00Poor Rob-Bear is in the long and unenviable positi...Poor Rob-Bear is in the long and unenviable position of trying to help me straighten out what I THINK versus what I know, versus what is....oh, nevermind.<br /><br />But I always harken back to my beloved pets. I do everything in my power to protect them and keep them from any avoidable harm. I don't make them, or expect them, to fear me. And of their own free will, they choose LOVE.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-24930352532983313212010-07-12T01:32:31.488-06:002010-07-12T01:32:31.488-06:00Comment from May-B emailed from her Boo-berry afte...Comment from May-B emailed from her Boo-berry after her internet calved.<br /><br />The other thing I wanted to write, but couldn't because my internet crapped out, is that when we (humans) have kids, we want what is best for them and we want them to love us. We do what we can to teach them, but in the end it's their decision. They do things we wish they wouldn't and they get hurt andThe Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-75726699689253581932010-07-11T18:46:29.261-06:002010-07-11T18:46:29.261-06:00Were any Bears harmed in the presentation of thee ...Were any Bears harmed in the presentation of thee posts?Rob-bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00171692478879522588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-3264022816440548862010-07-11T13:43:55.762-06:002010-07-11T13:43:55.762-06:00If he made us perverse, then he stacked the deck a...If he made us perverse, then he stacked the deck against us--free-will wise--wouldn't you say?Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-77376008110861838312010-07-11T12:13:00.940-06:002010-07-11T12:13:00.940-06:00Dana, now be careful and don't go figuring I k...Dana, now be careful and don't go figuring I know something. I don't. It is just trying to sort out my ideas is easier if I get some feedback.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-8444812806023847252010-07-11T12:11:30.011-06:002010-07-11T12:11:30.011-06:00Snow, He is hardly thwarted by our being perverse,...Snow, He is hardly thwarted by our being perverse, He made us that way on purpose. <br /><br />“If your eyes become blinded by the sun, you do not say the sun does not exist.<br />In the same way, you should not say God does not exist<br />if your intellect is lost in trying to understand him”. Tolstoy's "A Calendar of Wisdom"The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-42944168096671356672010-07-11T11:05:05.829-06:002010-07-11T11:05:05.829-06:00"Wouldn't you rather someone love you bec..."Wouldn't you rather someone love you because they want to rather than because they have to?"<br /><br />God, being all powerful, could have created a universe in which we would love him freely and in which we would enjoy all the benefits that suffering might accrue, without anyone having to actually suffer. Any God who wants us all to be happy and loving but is completely thwarted Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-21881195507345556552010-07-11T08:36:23.734-06:002010-07-11T08:36:23.734-06:00Hooray for your last paragraph! Religion, as I se...Hooray for your last paragraph! Religion, as I see it, has two things going against it: the bible itself, and those who explain it.... all wrapped up in a tidy bow. <br /><br />(and I'm not referring to YOU)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-3482999460222660772010-07-11T06:00:16.775-06:002010-07-11T06:00:16.775-06:00I know what it means, I meant I had never heard it...I know what it means, I meant I had never heard it applied to God before as in that He is ONLY all-loving. <br />As to your second comment, do you want your children to love you because they love you or because they are coerced into it?The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-11428949612890901592010-07-11T05:57:25.394-06:002010-07-11T05:57:25.394-06:00Wouldn't you rather someone love you because t...Wouldn't you rather someone love you because they want to rather than because they have to?<br /><br />A king knows he should be respected and bowed to, but he would rather his people did it out of respect and love than with resentment or brainwashing.Bronwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18386091994745153450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-89112084715445322612010-07-10T16:04:49.173-06:002010-07-10T16:04:49.173-06:00"I never anywhere heard of omnibenevolent but..."I never anywhere heard of omnibenevolent but stand to be corrected..."<br /><br />It just means that he is all loving.<br /><br />"As I understand it, God wants a people who will know Him for WHO He is and love and worship him OF THEIR OWN FREE WILL."<br /><br />He sounds rather stuck on himself, wouldn't you say?Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.com