Origin of God? (The nature of a \'Creator\')

by David Turell , Monday, April 18, 2016, 18:20 (2923 days ago) @ dhw

dhw:After all, if he made man in his image, then man must be his reflection.[/i]
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> DAVID: Misuse of 'image'. Our consciousness and ability to think is the 'image', not what we decide to think. We have free will to be stupid if we wish.
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> dhw: I don't know where you get your authority from, to judge how the word is to be used. I find it difficult to imagine your God creating something which can think thoughts of which he is totally ignorant.-I can have my image of God and you can have yours. We are using a word from the OT which does not ever allow a picture of God. Therefore any image is allowed. Mine is consciousness, nothing more. -> DAVID: Yes, the Koran has some immature and dangerous passages if followed literally. Man's stupidity in reacting to the religious books is part of a human problem with being free to be stupid. In God's view (I think) humans have to evolve morality. "Do unto others'.
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> dhw: Of course I am all in favour of “Do unto others”. I'm surprised that you are defending these religious books, bearing in mind that they are written by humans who are “free to be stupid” and contain material that encourages “stupid” behaviour. -I'm simply following the analysis of Karen Armstrong in her book "A History of God", 1993, which follows the mature development of human concepts re' God as the religious books appeared.