Tiassa:
Indeed. But not my word games. Jan's word games.
It's your turn: Define, "transcendental". It makes a difference as to whether or not those two statements are pretty much the same.
See "Definition of God" thread. Remember, this is
Jan's definition of God. I helped him to understand what he was talking about, that's all.
Another difference, James, is that the first much more apparently leads to a definition of God that you disdain for being harder to judge because it isn't as particular, or easy and condemn, as you need. There's a reason why Jan would be surprised to hear that definition comes from a theist.
Jan's not surprised. It's essentially his definition. Maybe you should read through the Definition of God thread. Then you'll have the appropriate context to know what you're talking about.
After all, what if he's wrong? What if there's something he missed along the way?
How can he be wrong about a definition? He's defining God to be a certain thing. Given that definition, the question of
this thread - which you apparently missed - is whether we human beings are "created in the image of God".
As for you, you aren't even discussing the thread question.
Oh, and, by the way, "tinkering alien computer programmer creating a virtual world on a whim", would not, as such, qualify as God.
You can post your own preferred definition of God in the Definition of God thread if you like, and explain.
So we come back to the question of what you think you know, to the one, and word games, to the other.
I know that I'd like people to try to give an honest answer to the question I asked in the opening post of this thread. It's not about what I know. I'm trying to find out what other people believe and why.
You missed the point.
Think of it this way, James: What you don't want to discuss is the point you raise in general.
Sure I do. Do you want to discuss it? Why not post about the topic, rather than all this meta stuff about my presumed motives etc.? Wouldn't it be simpler to assume that when I start a thread, I want to discuss the topic I raise in the opening post?
What you do want to discuss is your religious—e.g. biblical—demands.
I don't have any biblical demands. I'm an atheist. Those who do make biblical demands, however, sometimes say that we are made in God's image, as I noted in the opening post. I want to find out what they mean by that - also as explained clearly in the opening post.
After this long, I would have otherwise expected people capable of coping with the fact of evangelists like Jan Ardena, and maybe even to have learned a thing or three about how to deal with him.
Why are you so interested in Jan, or my ability to "cope with" him? What's your stake in this?
It is because, as
Yazata↗ reminded, "that God needs to be
Divine, God needs to be
Holy", and it's not like you don't already know that.
You're rambling. Is this supposed to somehow address the question of this thread?
Maybe they need you to be their Devil.
Who? Why?
You know, kind of like how they're supposed to be the smart ones, you're supposed to be the virtuous one.
Supposed by whom? You? Who is "they"?
