As a very occasional visitor to this site, I thought I’d like to pose a question that does not require much input from me should any level of debate ensue.
An area that’s always interested me is the relationship many believers feel they have with their god or gods. A sentiment that is often expressed by believers is that their god gradually reveals itself to them, much as might be the case in human relationships.
Of course, in human relationships we frequently find that as we learn more about another, our feelings towards them can change quite significantly — sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse.
So I suppose the question I might want to pose to believers is, if their god is revealing itself to them, can they ever imagine a time when what is revealed is so unacceptable to them, they no longer wish to continue the relationship? Or is their devotion unconditional, i.e. nothing could ever be revealed that could damage the relationship, no matter how grotesque it might appear to an onlooker?
I ask these questions because sometimes when I hear believers talk about their god, it reminds me of what might be described as
battered wife syndrome. The phrases that can be heard aren’t so different from, he’s a good man really, you don’t know him like I do, I know he loves me in his own way and it was my own fault, I forced him to do this to me.
In conclusion, should this topic get promoted, I hope some interesting points of view might emerge.
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