Originally posted by Starrman
I am happy, but why exactly should I be thankful?

Because you're egocentric?

Originally posted by Starrman
I am happy, but why exactly should I be thankful?

be thankful you are alive, God(s) created you.

Originally posted by GregM
Sure there is. Hades isn't too nice.

You can't just assume that God(s) is/are benevolent, especially if you're going to worship "ALL of them"!

if you believe in that stuff, then Hades is not God, Zeus is.

Originally posted by josephw
Then there is no hope.

so why are you a Christian then?

Originally posted by EcstremeVenom
so why are you a Christian then?

There's no hope for the one who doesn't know who God is!

Originally posted by josephw
There's no hope for the one who doesn't know who God is!

maybe ill meet him one day

Originally posted by EcstremeVenom
if you believe in that stuff, then Hades is not God, Zeus is.

The exact identity is unimportant. The point is that gods don't have to be nice, or play fair, or love their creations. What if the One True God is just plain sadistic, and will send you to hell if you worship him and to heaven if you don't?

Originally posted by EcstremeVenom
be thankful you are alive, God(s) created you.

Nope, sorry, I still don't get it. If god really did create me for the purpose of meeting his demands for worship, why should I be thankful? If for some other purpose, what is it and is it any more worthy of my thanks?

Originally posted by GregM
The exact identity is unimportant. The point is that gods don't have to be nice, or play fair, or love their creations. What if the One True God is just plain sadistic, and will send you to hell if you worship him and to heaven if you don't?

lol., well that would give all us non-believers something to laugh about if it turns out we're wrong!

Originally posted by GregM
The exact identity is unimportant. The point is that gods don't have to be nice, or play fair, or love their creations. What if the One True God is just plain sadistic, and will send you to hell if you worship him and to heaven if you don't?

i know God is loving

Originally posted by Starrman
Nope, sorry, I still don't get it. If god really did create me for the purpose of meeting his demands for worship, why should I be thankful? If for some other purpose, what is it and is it any more worthy of my thanks?

God does not demand worship, in my religion you worship because you want to.

Originally posted by EcstremeVenom
God does not demand worship, in my religion you worship because you want to.

Why would you though? I still don't get the point to your religion.

Originally posted by Starrman
Why would you though? I still don't get the point to your religion.

its just the way i am, you dont have to believe what i believe in

Originally posted by EcstremeVenom
its just the way i am, you dont have to believe what i believe in

I don't plan on it, but I'd still like to hear the whys and wherefores of it.

Originally posted by EcstremeVenom
i know God is loving

...i do not care if it is the muslim God, the jewish God, the christian God or the flying spaghetti monster, or ALL of them...

i know God is loving

Clearly it isn't "ALL," then, right? You do care what type of god actually exists. You are taking this attribute of god(s) on faith, so there is still room for debate about whether god(s) is/are loving...

How can you deny that the one true holy supreme ruler of the universe is Bob, who reserves the inner circle of His hell for the especially devout?