"Whos Your Daddy"??

Discussion in 'Philosophy and Religion' started by ProudAtheist32490, May 6, 2012.

  1. ProudAtheist32490

    ProudAtheist32490 Member

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    Ok, so I just got a question for people who believe in God...my question is: Who's Your Daddy?--I mean really, why do you guys call God your "Heavenly Father" and refer to God as the "Father of Life"---what about your BIOLOGICAL Father?? dont you guys know that it was really HIM who gave you your life when he had SEX with your Mom???? I just think its stupid how you guys say your prayers to some invisible "Father Figure" that you're looking for---you dont need to look for a "FATHER figure" if you already know who your FATHER is?? Doesn't that make sense??
     
  2. Vanilla Gorilla

    Vanilla Gorilla Go Ape

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    Not many female role models in either the new or old testaments are there
     
  3. themnax

    themnax Senior Member

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    well i don't. to me god is something big, friendly, and invisible, that has nothing to do with parentage, or gender either one. it may be CLOSER TO infallible, omnipotent, and or omniscient then any other thing that exists, but i see no need or dependence of anything on there being anything that would have to be any of those things. nor do i believe in there being any kind of hierarchy of unseen nonphysical things. rather only that anything could be, and things no one has imagined to be more likely then anything anyone has, if only because every thing that has been imagined is finite and number, while possibilities have no such limitation.
     
  4. Asmodean

    Asmodean Slo motion rider

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    I see this as a non-issue really. The heavenly father does not conflict with your biological father. God's probably called like that because he is considered the creator of all life not just yours. He can also be called like that because Jesus called him like that in the bible and it just has become a title.
     
  5. MayQueen~420~

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    Refer to my sig pic :)
     
  6. Strawberry_Fields_Fo

    Strawberry_Fields_Fo RN

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    Why get all worked up about it? It's really more of a Judeo-Christian thing, and they don't have a monopoly on god, much as they like to think. It's like how people say the "Founding Fathers," when obviously the creators of the constitution don't conflict with someone's biological dad. Some Christians do take this too far, and get stuck in a stagnant, childish view of what Christianity is all about.

    But, in further posts, it might be a better idea to specify "Christian" or whatever other faith you may be referring to, keeping in mind not every theist is the same.
     
  7. liyaxin

    liyaxin Guest

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    I really see this as a non-issue. Father your biological father is not in conflict. God probably called so, because he is considered to be the creators of all life not just your[​IMG]
     
  8. Asmodean

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    Good example :2thumbsup:

    I notice this a lot on this subforum. God is primary directed as the judgemental christian god when there are a lot of other views on god to be considered. Guess most atheists here seem rather stuck in their christian views of god after all.
     
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  9. TheGhost

    TheGhost Auuhhhhmm ...

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    Mom? Mom?
     
  10. Asmodean

    Asmodean Slo motion rider

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    [​IMG]

    Yes dear?
     
  11. TheGhost

    TheGhost Auuhhhhmm ...

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    Your not mom!

    Mommyyyyy!?!!
     
  12. Asmodean

    Asmodean Slo motion rider

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    My picture of Tiamat failed to load here :( I do not wish to act as your mom ;)

    edit: replaced it!
     
  13. Alonso376

    Alonso376 Members

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    My late lovely young at time Aunt is my god.
     
  14. themnax

    themnax Senior Member

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    never trust a cleche', i'd have to say the universal wonder of strangeness, the unknown being unknown, or a random stray cat.

    now i believe there are, or potentially are or probably are, well i've said this before, both sides of it, but i'll just mention one, that it or they, owe nothing to what any human claims to know about it.
    there are loves in the dream world, but this idea of authority is one i am simply unable to ever entirely trust. and i do believe it is logical and moral and responsible, to not ever entirely do so.

    i mean there is something good and means well, but really that has to be sufficient, because certainty is itself subject to distortion and illusion.
     
  15. Dax

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    Whats in a name? These are only some of the names that are mentioned in the Christian Bible. They are meaningless words to non-believers anyway.

    ABBA (Romans 8:15)
    ADVOCATE (I John 2:1 kjv)
    ALMIGHTY (Genesis 17:1)
    ALL IN ALL (Colossians 3:11)
    ALPHA (Revelation 22:13)
    AMEN (Revelation 3:14)
    ANCIENT OF DAYS (Daniel 7:9)
    ANOINTED ONE (Psalm 2:2)
    APOSTLE (Hebrews 3:1)
    B
    BEGINNING (Revelation 21:6)
    BISHOP OF SOULS (1 Peter 2:25)
    BLESSED & HOLY RULER (1 Timothy 6:15)
    BRANCH (Jeremiah 33:15)
    BREAD OF GOD (John 6:33)
    BREAD OF LIFE (John 6:35)
    BREATH OF LIFE (Genesis 2:7, Revelation 11:11)
    BRIDEGROOM (Isaiah 62:5)
    BRIGHT MORNING STAR (Revelation 22:16)
    BUCKLER (2 Sam.22:31 kjv,Psalm 18:2 kjv, Psalm 18:30 kjv,Proverbs 2:7 kjv)

    ARM OF THE LORD (Isaiah 53:1)
    AUTHOR OF ETERNAL SALVATION (Hebrews 5:9)
    AUTHOR OF OUR FAITH (Hebrews 12:2)
    AUTHOR OF PEACE (1 Cor. 14:33)
    AVENGER (1 Thessalonians 4:6)

    B
    BEGINNING (Revelation 21:6)
    BISHOP OF SOULS (1 Peter 2:25)
    BLESSED & HOLY RULER (1 Timothy 6:15)
    BRANCH (Jeremiah 33:15)
    BREAD OF GOD (John 6:33)
    BREAD OF LIFE (John 6:35)
    BREATH OF LIFE (Genesis 2:7, Revelation 11:11)
    BRIDEGROOM (Isaiah 62:5)
    BRIGHT MORNING STAR (Revelation 22:16)
    BUCKLER (2 Sam.22:31 kjv,Psalm 18:2 kjv, Psalm 18:30 kjv,Proverbs 2:7 kjv)

    C
    CAPTAIN OF SALVATION (Hebrews 2:10)
    CARPENTER (Mark 6:3)
    CHIEF SHEPHERD (1 Peter 5:4)
    CHOSEN ONE (Isaiah 42:1)
    CHRIST (Matthew 22:42)
    CHRIST OF GOD (Luke 9:20)
    CHRIST THE LORD (Luke 2:11)
    CHRIST, SON OF LIVING GOD (Matthew 16:16)
    COMFORTER (John 14:26 kjv)
    COMMANDER (Isaiah 55:4)
    CONSOLATION OF ISRAEL (Luke 2:25)
    CONSUMING FIRE (Deut. 4:24, Heb. 12:29)
    CORNERSTONE (Isaiah 28:16)
    COUNSELOR (Isaiah 9:6)
    CREATOR (1 Peter 4:19)
    CROWN OF BEAUTY (Isaiah 28:5)

    C
    DAYSPRING (Luke 1:78)
    DELIVERER (Romans 11:26)
    DESIRED OF ALL NATIONS (Haggai 2:7)
    DIADEM OF BEAUTY (Isaiah 28:5)
    DOOR (John 10:7 kjv)
    DWELLING PLACE (Psalm 90:1)

    E
    ELECT ONE (Isaiah 42:1)
    EMMANUEL (Matthew 1:23 kjv)
    END (Revelation 21:6)
    ETERNAL GOD (Deut. 33:27)
    ETERNAL LIFE (1 John 5:20)
    ETERNAL SPIRIT (Hebrews 9:14)
    EVERLASTING FATHER (Isaiah 9:6)
    EVERLASTING GOD (Genesis 21:33)
    EXCELLENT (Psalm 148:13 kjv)

    F
    FAITHFUL & TRUE (Revelation 19:11)
    FAITHFUL WITNESS (Revelation 1:5)
    FATHER (Matthew 6:9)
    FIRSTBORN (Rom.8:29, Rev.1:5, Col.1:15)
    FIRSTFRUITS (1 Cor.15:20-23)
    FORTRESS (Jeremiah 16:19)
    FOUNDATION (1 Cor. 3:11)
    FOUNTAIN OF LIVING WATERS (Jeremiah 2:13)
    FRIEND (Matthew 11:19)
    FULLERS’ SOAP (Malachi 3:2 kjv)

    G
    GENTLE WHISPER (1 Kings 19:12)
    GIFT OF GOD (John 4:10)
    GLORY OF THE LORD (Isaiah 40:5)
    GOD (Genesis 1:1)
    GOD ALMIGHTY (Genesis 17
     
  16. themnax

    themnax Senior Member

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    names are supposed to be meaningless words, who's whole point is to uniquely identify one particular individual; distinguish one being referred to or addressed uniquely and distinctly from another.

    now if you believe there is exactly and uniquely one of anything, there is no requirement for a name to distinguish it from another.

    as for what i believe; nothing has to be known in order to exist.
    the simple thought proof of this, is that everything that is known that we didn't invent ourselves, got along just fine before nothing and no one, had the slightest idea it existed.

    so there is nothing to stop there from being things that are neither physical nor imaginary, including self aware beings who are,
    without their owing anything to the insecurity of our egos about their ignorance. or in other words, what we believe and tell ourselves and each other.

    i would also answer a question with a question: why does anyone think they need "a daddy"?
    (which also neither prevents nor requires the existence of anything)
     

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