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Originally Posted by Jacko
So without that love and that relationship, your god forsakes you in time of need when he might otherwise intervene to help? With the love and the relationship, he would only then give you his peace and his blessing? Its a quid pro quo kind of deal? Sounds smaller to me than a god would be.
What strikes me here is that it sounds like your notion of god seems so much smaller than the god described in the Christian bible who would be the god of the unbelievers as well as the believers, the god of the prostitutes and the sinners....a great god would not need to be "sought" in order to recieve his blessings. He would be the god of Muslims, Jews, Christians, Buddhists, atheists etc. A great god would be an "all-inclusive" god... 
I know you don't intend it this way, but your notion of god, as you describe it, sounds a bit elitist to me. |
Don't get me wrong Jacko - I'm not trying to speak for God. It's just that so often we throw up "flare prayers" in our most desperate hour. I'm not saying God doesn't answer those and that he ignores them. But I guess what I'm saying is, if you're not intune with God, how do you know when he's answered them? Trust me, my idea of God and a relationship is anything but elitist. I've got enough of a sinful track record to prove it. :-)