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Religion

DetlefK

(16,528 posts) Mon Sep 16, 2019, 08:40 AM Sep 2019

If God went away, would his laws still be just? [View all]

If God's laws are just even when God is not around, won't that mean that God's laws come from a higher/different authority than God?

Won't that mean that God's laws are a separate entity from God himself?

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If God went away, would his laws still be just? [View all] DetlefK Sep 2019 OP

"When God is not around" makes no sense. Croney Sep 2019 #1

What if God was one of us? qazplm135 Sep 2019 #3

replace 'not around' with 'doesn't exist and never did'. Voltaire2 Sep 2019 #13

That question Newest Reality Sep 2019 #2

Who said God's laws were just? Cartoonist Sep 2019 #4

And you may be the most righteous person in the world, but SCantiGOP Sep 2019 #8

If the laws are just without God TlalocW Sep 2019 #5

Laws, regardless of origin, are a means of control Major Nikon Sep 2019 #7

Are you aware that your two? arguments contradict themselves? guillaumeb Sep 2019 #18

... Major Nikon Sep 2019 #6

The 'Laws' were never god's in the first place... NeoGreen Sep 2019 #9

There is a place/dimension called the world of the Source. The Source never leaves its Karadeniz Sep 2019 #10

Even harder to believe Cartoonist Sep 2019 #11

"A soul can approach according to its composition (energy, frequency) and no closer." Voltaire2 Sep 2019 #12

This should to be good. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2019 #15

Yes, very hard to believe edhopper Sep 2019 #14

At least the dogs have very good reasons to believe in Dave. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2019 #16

Good Two-Legs Who Feeds. Iggo Sep 2019 #19

Do you only obey the law when you are being observed? eom guillaumeb Sep 2019 #17

It's not a simple binary condition... NeoGreen Sep 2019 #20

It was a binary question. eom guillaumeb Sep 2019 #21

Yes it was, and just as... NeoGreen Sep 2019 #22