lancaster
03-29-2008, 08:07 AM
On the advice of xcept68 I've been reading some of the different atheist forums.
Here's a concept I found very interesting.
Originally Posted by Vynn from wwgha
Basically it is the practice of every Christian to make his/her god in his own image.
Jim believes god is a judging and harsh god. He searches the scriptures and finds evidence of this god and so evaluates those scriptures that back up his belief as more important doctrinally than those scriptures that do not espouse this view point.
Nancy believes god is a caring and loving "mothering" type of god. She finds scriptures that support her supposition and considers those scriptures more important than all others in a doctrinal sense. Her view of god is supported by scripture but also by her own view of "who god should be" and "what behavior god should exhibit".
Both Jim and Nancy believe that their view is correct. They believe that god is the way he is because it is the type of god they have "sought out" of the scripture. In actuality they have SPAGed or self-projected as god. They have put their own desires and values onto their deity. They then have found "evidence" of this type of god in whatever holy book they think is accurate.
This is proved by looking at what type of church people choose to attend. No one goes to a church with which they disagree. Everyone goes to the type of church that they most agree with. A church where the pastor and most members SPAG in a similar way to themselves.
This is the only "true" god. The SPAGed one. It (god) exists within the imagination of the god-believer. Thus the many christians who claim others (who don't have a similar doctrine to theirs) are not true christians while other christians (who do believe similarly to them) are in fact, true christians.
We may then accurately conclude, (since these concepts can be readily proven), that all christians are SPAGers of a god in their own image, and also, that "god" is an imaginary concept within the minds of all believers when it comes to this obvious action taken and held strong among all christians.
http://iidb.infidels.org/vbb/showthread.php?t=216889
There's a much longer but equally as interesting discussion here:
Shaving God: Why Christians are so damned annoying (http://www.atheistthinktank.net/thinktank/index.php?topic=221.0)
Here's a concept I found very interesting.
Originally Posted by Vynn from wwgha
Basically it is the practice of every Christian to make his/her god in his own image.
Jim believes god is a judging and harsh god. He searches the scriptures and finds evidence of this god and so evaluates those scriptures that back up his belief as more important doctrinally than those scriptures that do not espouse this view point.
Nancy believes god is a caring and loving "mothering" type of god. She finds scriptures that support her supposition and considers those scriptures more important than all others in a doctrinal sense. Her view of god is supported by scripture but also by her own view of "who god should be" and "what behavior god should exhibit".
Both Jim and Nancy believe that their view is correct. They believe that god is the way he is because it is the type of god they have "sought out" of the scripture. In actuality they have SPAGed or self-projected as god. They have put their own desires and values onto their deity. They then have found "evidence" of this type of god in whatever holy book they think is accurate.
This is proved by looking at what type of church people choose to attend. No one goes to a church with which they disagree. Everyone goes to the type of church that they most agree with. A church where the pastor and most members SPAG in a similar way to themselves.
This is the only "true" god. The SPAGed one. It (god) exists within the imagination of the god-believer. Thus the many christians who claim others (who don't have a similar doctrine to theirs) are not true christians while other christians (who do believe similarly to them) are in fact, true christians.
We may then accurately conclude, (since these concepts can be readily proven), that all christians are SPAGers of a god in their own image, and also, that "god" is an imaginary concept within the minds of all believers when it comes to this obvious action taken and held strong among all christians.
http://iidb.infidels.org/vbb/showthread.php?t=216889
There's a much longer but equally as interesting discussion here:
Shaving God: Why Christians are so damned annoying (http://www.atheistthinktank.net/thinktank/index.php?topic=221.0)