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Originally Posted by kang
This just seems so contrived.
I thought religion was supposed to answer the why questions, but here we see someone struggling with a why question. The answer comes in a contrived parallel to something real. I guess that means that no one knows what god wants. They see something in modern life that they think might apply to god and create a parallel. There is no real reason to think that what applies to modern life applies to this god, it just seems to fit.
It all starts with a presumption that god exists, that he will punish us, that we need to obey, that we need to glorify him, etc, etc. Why presume these things? The bible may say some of them, but so what? It was written by men. It is just opinion that it is the “word of god.” Also, the sacred texts of other religions say other things.
If you don’t have a god, if you don’t think that the bible is the word of this god, then you don’t need to contrive parallels with modern life to try to explain the hard questions about your god and your religion.
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I do not think it is a coincidence that the parent-child relationship is not unlike the relationship man has with God. Actually, I think the relationship between a child and a parent is molded after God's relationship to mankind.
So the parallel isn't just based on similarity, but rather in the idea that there is a piece of God within us.
-Zoltan.