Why do you see God as a "benevolent" spirit? Hm. That's a really good question.
::ponders::
No good reason, I don't think. Other than some kind of inherent optimism. I mostly (intellectually) think if he/she/it exists, he's more of a dispassionate Creator than anything else, but emotionally if I'm asked to decide whether that Creator is good or bad I guess I see him as good. You know, because of the flowers and music and sunsets and rainbows and babies and kittens and all that.
Of course, that immediately brings to mind Monty Python's All Things Dull and Ugly, because there's a hell of a lot of proof of malevolence out there too. Cancer, poverty, war, disaster, etc. So I have no real proof that he's one or the other. Just a gut feeling.
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Date: 2006-09-21 02:32 pm (UTC)Hm. That's a really good question.
::ponders::
No good reason, I don't think. Other than some kind of inherent optimism. I mostly (intellectually) think if he/she/it exists, he's more of a dispassionate Creator than anything else, but emotionally if I'm asked to decide whether that Creator is good or bad I guess I see him as good. You know, because of the flowers and music and sunsets and rainbows and babies and kittens and all that.
Of course, that immediately brings to mind Monty Python's All Things Dull and Ugly, because there's a hell of a lot of proof of malevolence out there too. Cancer, poverty, war, disaster, etc. So I have no real proof that he's one or the other. Just a gut feeling.