Monday, May 01, 2017

Response To https://twitter.com/ProAntiTheist/status/751858782481682433

To me, that seems similar to saying that an auto manufacturer that uses unduplicatable processes to provide the optimal, unequaled car experience and warns against using third-party processors is disreputable. In addition, Genesis 1-2 seems to describe God's initial establishment of the human experience and God's instructions to humans regarding it. Exodus 20 seems to contain the apparently so-called "Ten Commandments". To me, in neither does God seem to mention much less demand worship.

Further, in 2 Samuel 7, King David proposes building a more elaborate temple for God's "presence" in the community. God seems to bless David for caring enough about God to propose such a project, and seems to approve the project. However, God seems to also make clear that God had not demanded it. Those apparent depictions of God seem to demonstrate God to be supremely benevolent toward humans and calling for humans to love God with all heart, soul, mind and strength, rather than needily demanding worship.

To me, the Ten Commandments seem reasonably considered to depict (a) the top ten differences between the Hebrews' likely religious experience as slaves in Egypt for possibly 200-300 years and (b) life with God as primary relationship and sovereign authority, rather than (c) God's top ten rules for the human experience. God's apparent guidelines for the human experience seem Biblically-suggested by the both Old and New Testaments to be comprised of two directives: love God with all heart, soul, mind and strength, and love others as yourself.