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[Alex]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Disgusting. Audacious.

I want to slap people who think that they can speak for god.

Based on that last sentence, you now have to slap yourself. You are you to say that god doesn't speak through others?

Yes, it is very similar in philosophy to The Secret. That is a point brought up by many who have rebutted it on philosophical grounds (as opposed to just because it is really, really stupid).

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Based on that last sentence, you now have to slap yourself. You are you to say that god doesn't speak through others?

I don't know who god speaks through or what he has to say. But, I do think that people who think that they speak for god are delusional.

[Alex]

So do I. But I think that of everyone who believes in god.

But are you not speaking for god when you say he is not speaking through Fred Phelps? Personally, such a god strikes me as equally likely as the one most of us would prefer (the one who speaks through Oprah).

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

So do I. But I think that of everyone who believes in god.

But are you not speaking for god when you say he is not speaking through Fred Phelps? Personally, such a god strikes me as equally likely as the one most of us would prefer (the one who speaks through Oprah).

Mabe the better way of conveying what I said would be "My ideal of god probably wouldn't say the things Fred Phelps does." However, I don't really "know" what god thinks, says, does or speaks. I only know what i would like him/her/it to think, say, do or speak. And, really, that is only me humanizing something that I don't believe is human.