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    why do Christians worship a monster?
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    @lemondrop said
    why do Christians worship a monster?
    FAIL

    The answer is more complicated than that.
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    Funny, is the God of Islam any less a monster in your eyes?
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    @eladar said
    Funny, is the God of Islam any less a monster in your eyes?
    Jews, Christians and Muslims all worship what is, essentially, the same God figure: the God of Abraham, as it were. The Jews rejected Jesus as an imposter, the Christians thought the rabi Jesus was the messiah, and the Muslims thought the Jews were mistaken to dismiss Jesus out of hand like that, and the Christians were mistaken to think that Jesus was more more than an important prophet.
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    @lemondrop said
    why do Christians worship a monster?
    Christians believe that whatever God does, it is, by definition, good. So, given that, they cannot see Him as a "monster" because the word "monster" implies bad. So, there is no point asking Christians 'why they worship a monster' because they'd have to be non-Christians to accept your terminology.
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    @lemondrop

    It's a narcissism - co narcissism / collective narcissism.
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    @eladar said
    Funny, is the God of Islam any less a monster in your eyes?
    Random thought: if God is monstrous, it's because we created him in our own image.

    God is a reflection of our newfound power, coupled with the realization that it can be used in highly unethical ways.

    Edit: and the temptation that realization brings.
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    @BigDoggProblem

    Thanks for sharing your faith.
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    @eladar said
    @BigDoggProblem

    Thanks for sharing your faith.
    Not sure why you think it's "faith".
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    @BigDoggProblem

    Ok your belief.
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    @eladar said
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    Ok your belief.
    I'm also not sure why you bother to comment when you are not interested in said belief. Wouldn't it be better just to say nothing?
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    @bigdoggproblem said
    I'm also not sure why you bother to comment when you are not interested in said belief. Wouldn't it be better just to say nothing?
    I think it is a variant of passive aggression which I hearby name "nothingness aggression". If he actually DID say nothing, then it would be nothingness but without the aggression.
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    @goldenwolf79 said
    @lemondrop

    It's a narcissism - co narcissism / collective narcissism.
    I don't think the narcissism is in the belief in a vengeful and wrathful God figure, per se.

    I think the narcissism is in believing that, if the superstitions are good enough for them [and just so happen to appeal to their imagination], then they are good enough for all people everywhere, and if people don't believe it, then they deserve to be subjected to non-stop demented violence after they die. THAT'S the narcissism.
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    @lemondrop said
    why do Christians worship a monster?
    They don't.
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    @fmf said
    I don't think the narcissism is in the belief in a vengeful and wrathful God figure, per se.

    I think the narcissism is in believing that, if the superstitions are good enough for them [and just so happen to appeal to their imagination], then they are good enough for all people everywhere, and if people don't believe it, then they deserve to be subjected to non-stop demented violence after they die. THAT'S the narcissism.
    Demented violence?

    No, I believe that after we die, eventually we face judgement and receive our just reward. No "non-stop demented violence".
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