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The Three Pronged Answer (Original Post)
Cartoonist
Jun 2019
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trotsky
(49,533 posts)1. God sounds like the ultimate egomaniac.
Creating life whose sole purpose is to reinforce how magnificent he is.
Cartoonist
(7,552 posts)3. Ego Almighty
That's why the first three commandments are all about Him.
MineralMan
(147,850 posts)2. Priest says, "No, Angela, that is not the correct answer."
"God made you to serve men and to reproduce as often as possible. Now, sit down!"
NeoGreen
(4,033 posts)4. Then this version of 'god' has failed..
...I do not know it, I do not love it, and I most certainly do not serve it.
Docreed2003
(17,852 posts)5. I'm reminded of the quote about God in "Good Omens"
God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players [i.e. everybody], to being involved in an obscure and complex variant of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.
Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)6. God made her for the same reason men would create a sex bot?
gtar100
(4,192 posts)7. Y'all got wrong.
She's answering to get a good grade. In truth, she knows the answer is bullshit but she has no intention of taking this class again.
It's in her eyes.