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Originally Posted by pelathais
I've always wondered about people who see God as a sort of "Zeus-like" character, standing astride Mount Olympus and throwing his thunderbolts at the wayward.
The problem with this "Zeus" is that he seems to have horrible aim. Unsubstantiated stories are told of those who mocked God and were struck by lightening, but then we read of the real stories and find innocent children killed, innocent passersby and even very pious people getting fried.
Can't "Zeus" hit a target without torching the countryside with all of his "misses?"
I like this famous statue. The "thunderbolt" is missing, and so our "Zeus" is powerless to fry those who would question his rule. But more than that, the absence of the weapon makes identifying the subject difficult. Is this Zeus throwing a lightening bolt? Or is it Poseidon throwing his trident?
You get the idea that a lot of fanatics have a similar problem with their gods. Just who is this "god" that is throwing bolts of judgment with such poor aim? They don't really seem to know, but they seem determined to try and make the rest of us think they do. |
Same question for "blessings". Does God sprinkle them randomly on the "just" and the "unjust"? And does He "miss" the "just" a lot of the time? Or does it just
look random to us mere humans? (
Some of us, anyway!
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