Sky Daddy Cult

You need to get up to speed. That very point has been discussed many times right here at EvC. What a bizarre analogy. What would you think of a bird-father who didn't teach his children to be independent, who left them unable to fly south?

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That's the danger of gluing yourself to one scriptural image and ignoring all the rest.It's the Father-child relationship that we were discussing. It certainly is implied that children reach a certain age where they no longer need their parents. Parents usually die before their children, making it necessary for children to become independent. Irrelevant. We're talking about the kicking-them-out-of-the-nest stage, not the direction they fly outside the nest.A bird-father who kept his birdlings in the nest where they never learned to fly would be inconceivably irresponsible. He would be ultimately condemning his children to suffering and death.Why would God be so irresponsible?

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You're assuming the conclusion. The question is, Do we ever outgrow the "need" for God? Well, you're the one who brought it up. It isn't my fault if your own analysis of your own analogy doesn't fit the point you're trying to make. I think the Sky Daddy topic is tailor-made for discussion of closer-to-earth sky-daddies. Notice your own reference:

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Joh 14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions....

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He wasn't talking about keeping us in His mansion. He was talking about our own mansions. That's a picture of an independent adult child, isn't it?And why is He preparing a place for us?

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... that where I am, there ye may be also.

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So we can be with Him, not so He can wipe our noses and screen our boyfriends. Becoming mature in our faith means understanding that faith is not a substitute for reason. Nor should it be an excuse to dangle on the apron strings.

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Your quotemines don't seem to support your point.Read a little further in Proverbs:

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Pro 3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
Pro 3:12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Pro 3:13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

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Happy is the man that groweth up. That's why the father correcteth him - so he will grow up and take charge of his own conscience.And:

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Psa 118:9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
Psa 118:10 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.

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The context is a mature warrior trusting in God as an ally, not a babe in arms depending on mommy/daddy.

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“Faith moves mountains, but only knowledge moves them to the right place” -- Joseph Goebbels

Sure, but trusting your bed-ridden earth-daddy and communing with him on a daily basis isn't what you've been advocating, is it? Why does trust and communication have to involve swinging from apron-strings?

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Disclaimer: The above statement is without a doubt, the most LUDICROUS, IDIOTIC AND PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WILLFUL STUPIDITY, THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN OR HEARD.

Get your pop culture straight. Jeannie was not a father figure.You treat God more like Sonny Drysdale treated his father (or mother). But you keep telling us that you only want to mature so far. You don't mind maturing from Opie Taylor to Richie Cunningham, but you don't want to be the real Ron Howard and make your own movie. That isn't the topic.

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Disclaimer: The above statement is without a doubt, the most LUDICROUS, IDIOTIC AND PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WILLFUL STUPIDITY, THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN OR HEARD.

"Ye shall be as gods" isn't a syndrome. It's the choice that Adam and Eve made. It's why God gave them - and us - free will. It's the choice He wants us to make. So you keep saying over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. There's no doubt that that's what you believe, Richie. What I'm asking is, "Why is it so bad to be Ron?" Why (and how) have you picked an arbitrary spot for your development to come to a screeching halt? And all because we didn't listen to the "communion" that told us to be afraid. We have stolen fire from the gods.

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Disclaimer: The above statement is without a doubt, the most LUDICROUS, IDIOTIC AND PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WILLFUL STUPIDITY, THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN OR HEARD.

If there's no detectable difference between communing with God and communing with humans, what's the point of (pretending you're) communing with God?

Reference, please.He also advocated helping the poor (and I do have references) but you routinely toss that aside as if it was secondary. Within the context of The Lord of the Rings there are walking trees. Within that context, we need to pretend that they're real or there's no point in being within that context.