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Why the Judeo-Christian God is, GOD

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God, the Creator of all things...... is the Judeo-Christian God.
That's the claim of Christians and Jews. Understandably, those who don't believe would ask, why do you think it's the Judeo-Christian God?


My response is:


No other god qualifies.
 
tosca1 said:
God, the Creator of all things...... is the Judeo-Christian God.
That's the claim of Christians and Jews. Understandably, those who don't believe would ask, why do you think it's the Judeo-Christian God?


My response is:


No other god qualifies.
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One imaginary friend is as good as another.
 
lizzie said:
Who wrote the specifications list?
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In this title, me!

I said, "GOD - THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS."

There's no list. That's the specification.

What other gods qualify?
 
tosca1 said:
In this title, me!

I said, "GOD - THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS."

There's no list. That's the specification.

What other gods qualify?
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All of them.
 
tosca1 said:
In this title, me!

I said, "GOD - THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS."

There's no list. That's the specification.

What other gods qualify?
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To me, there are no other Gods. It's the same thing, no matter what one's religion is.
 
zyzygy said:
I believe that some Bronze Age tribesmen had something to do with it.
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I don't recall ever reading that God was required to meet certain specs. I do remember reading that it referred to itself as the "I Am", and that it was incomprehensible, omnipotent, ever-present, and other non-limiting descriptions. I don't recall God ever saying that it is the Judeo-Christian God. Never. Not once.
 
tosca1 said:
In this title, me!

I said, "GOD - THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS."

There's no list. That's the specification.

What other gods qualify?
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So the Judeo-Christian god is "God" simply by virtue of more grandiose claims by those who wrote "his" book?
 
lizzie said:
To me, there are no other Gods. It's the same thing, no matter what one's religion is.
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This joke comes to mind.

A man hailed another guy he saw on the street.
"JOHN SMITH! Hey, it's me!" And he shook Smith's hand, "how you been, John? It's been a long time!
You gained quite a bit of weight there, huh," playfully poking Smith's tummy, "and what's with that beard?" he laughed as he tweaked the end of Smith's beard.

"You grew a lot of hair back! You were almost bald! What'd you do?"

Finally, Smith stepped back and said, "I'm Brandon Jones. Not John Smith."
The guy's jaw dropped in mock surprise, then laughed, "You changed your name too!"
 
tosca1 said:
God, the Creator of all things...... is the Judeo-Christian God.
That's the claim of Christians and Jews. Understandably, those who don't believe would ask, why do you think it's the Judeo-Christian God?


My response is:


No other god qualifies.
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Who created your god? If there is a creator, there must be a creator of the creator.
 
tosca1 said:
This joke comes to mind.

A man hailed another guy he saw on the street.
JOHN SMITH! Hey, it's me! And he shook Smith's hand, "how you been, John? It's been a long time!
You gained quite a bit of weight there, huh," playfully poking Smith's tummy, "and what's with that beard?" he laughed as he tweaked the end of Smith's beard.
"You grew a lot of hair back! What'd you do?"
Finally, Smith stepped back and said, "I'm Brandon Jones. Not John Smith."
The guy's jaw dropped in mock surprise, then laughed, "You changed your name too!"
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Well, I'd say that a God which self-describes as "The All" or the great "I Am" can pretty much do whatever it wants, and be whomever it desires to be.
 
Kobie said:
So the Judeo-Christian god is "God" simply by virtue of more grandiose claims by those who wrote "his" book?
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If you don't believe in God, then you won't believe that the Bible was inspired by him?
So what's your point? You don't believe in God?
 
lizzie said:
Well, I'd say that a God which self-describes as "The All" or the great "I Am" can pretty much do whatever it wants, and be whomever it desires to be.
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And confuse His people?

Anyway, why will He contradict Himself? Why will He contradict His own Book?
Furthermore, everyone will be reading only His Book.
 
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tosca1 said:
If you don't believe in God, then you won't believe that the Bible was inspired by him?
So what's your point? You don't believe in God?
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Nope.

Your standard of evidence is pretty flimsy here.
 
tosca1 said:
And confuse His people?
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Given how many utterly awful things I've seen attributed to God working in "mysterious ways," it doesn't seem like he's all that concerned with clarity.
 
tosca1 said:
And confuse His people?
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God doesn't have specific people. People have God. God doesn't need people. They (some of them) need God. God doesn't exist in order to be adored. It doesn't have needs. It's already what it needs to be.
 
Kobie said:
Nope.

Your standard of evidence is pretty flimsy here.
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What evidence?

I don't think I'd really introduced an evidence....yet.
 
beefheart said:
Who created your god? If there is a creator, there must be a creator of the creator.
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Well....if He's the CREATOR - The SUPREME BEING - what makes you think someone has to create Him, too?
 
lizzie said:
God doesn't have specific people. People have God. God doesn't need people. They (some of them) need God. God doesn't exist in order to be adored. It doesn't have needs. It's already what it needs to be.
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No, He doesn't need people. But He created people to worship and glorify Him.

What's that warning about worshipping other gods all about....if they're all one and the same?
 
tosca1 said:
No, He doesn't need people. But He created people to worship and glorify Him.

What's that warning about worshipping other gods all about....if they're all one and the same?
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Why would you believe that God created people for the purpose of worshiping him? That would be a very vain God, and vanity isn't typically considered a desirable or Godly trait.
 
lizzie said:
God doesn't have specific people. People have God. God doesn't need people. They (some of them) need God. God doesn't exist in order to be adored. It doesn't have needs. It's already what it needs to be.
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If God had commanded, I am the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not have other gods before me,

why do you think that's a "need?"

That was listed under the 10 COMMANDMENTS btw....not the list of "needs."
 
lizzie said:
Why would you believe that God created people for the purpose of worshiping him? That would be a very vain God, and vanity isn't typically considered a desirable or Godly trait.
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Why wouldn't I believe that?

Why would God issue that first Commandment?

What more, if God doesn't need us, and we need Him.......why wouldn't it be for glorification and worship?
The Bible is filled with that - about worship of God and glorifying Him.


Do you believe the Bible?
 
I'm asking: what other gods qualify?

Let's stop beating around the bush, shall we?
 
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