Hypotitical discussion: Voice of God

[old.Tohtori]

Let's assume, for a moment you pagan bastards, that there's a god. The god that the church tells you about, big beard, white robes, boomy voice and all knowing.

Ok, now let's assume YOU had the chance to become the Voice of God, in other words tell his thoughts and wants to the whole world.

Right? NOW, let's also assume that it could be proven 100%(yes i know it's impossible to do so but bear(roar) with me) that you infact are telling "his" words.

Would you want the job?

Think about it before going off on those OT classic "Yes i'd tell every woman to f*ck me 'cause it's gods will!".

God would know what you were saying. God would smite thee for being norty(much like Jupjup would). You'd have to preach the word of "Ze God". Your life would change FOREVER. POssibly for several forevers depending on the gods flimsy mind. He works in mysterious ways you know. You'd probably be kept in some goverment facility, ofcourse you'd get what you want, 'cause god was your bid daddy-o.

So...would you?

Not gonna poll this 'cause that's just a waste of space.

EDIT: Ofcourse there would be perks and you'd be known forever and ever by everyone around the world etc etc.

 

[Heta]

there is no god...

Sorry, can't work around my pagan ass

 

[CorNokZ]

I've seen Bruce Almighty, so no thx

 

[Urgluf]

Spare me some of your pot please :x
Don't think I want that tbh.. I want a normal life studying/working/dieing and all the misery!

 

[old.Tohtori]

there is no god...

Sorry, can't work around my pagan ass

Just look at your imagination soar! Right into a jetengine

I'm not saying there is, i believe in other sh*t too, but this thread is neither here nor there conserning the Big G and his or hers existence.

It doesn't diminish your "non believer ways" if you discuss something that could happen in an alternate universe or whatnot.

I don't smoke pot, i'm like this on my own. I'd hate to see what happened if i did

 

[Fatload BoysDoCry]

If i had the voice of god i would demand Lindsay Lohan wear underwear, because that burger with extra lettuce between her legs needs to stop popping out in public

 

[Marc]

How much would the pay be?

 

[Thorwyn]

But if I´m only supposed to be gods mobile speaker, then it would be a rather boring job. Plus... a rather delicate one too. Say something stupid or make a silly joke and you´ll probably end up in hell for like eternity for putting gods credibility at stake.
Nah... sorry. There are lots of unemployed people looking for a job. Let one of them do it.

 

[psyco]

first of all, god in the bible(the religion your referring to, Christianity) was never personified, he is an idea a superior entity... as a result, you could claim that you are the voice of god and no-one can argue cause he doesn't truly exist...

im a non-believer, but done religious studies in school for philosophy...

but no i wouldn't cause it would inevitably be my undoing(power mad)

 

[Heta]

Just look at your imagination soar! Right into a jetengine

What I tell my friends, I totaly lack imagination. The reason why I'm such a heavy user of porn

 

[liloe]

first of all, god in the bible(the religion your referring to, Christianity) was never personified.....

Hm, so what's Jesus then, if not the personification of the son of god =) If you did some research (well I dunno how far you went ofc, so I'm assuming here =) ), you might've come to the text where it says that it was in fact the son of god who created mankind and we read at the creation that he made them "after his own image" which means there is some kind of personification =)

But back on topic. Yer, I've seen Bruce Almighty and that movie is uber fun ^^ and it also shows what the world would be =) I'm more or less happy with my life and I wouldn't like to have so many decisions resting on my shoulders, so no, I wouldn't do it.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Oh have to clarify...you WOULDNT get any powers, no jesus thingies or anything, just proven that you tell what god is saying.(to put the bruce comparison to rest )

Being god is a different matter all together

Also think of whwat you could accomplish, not just being the speakerphone of god.

You could, say, unite mankind, lead people to a new era...well...you'd get poon for sure....if god existed i don't think he'd stop that.

 

[Heta]

only problem is that the church would most likley get a hitman to take you out

 

[old.Tohtori]

only problem is that the church would most likley get a hitman to take you out

Thought of thsi too, but if(again IF) there was a god, i'd think he could point you in the right direction.

Then again this COULD be intepreted as a superpower, basicly foresight of sorts.

 

[kirennia]

If people would 100% know that I was speaking the words of God then yes I think I'd take the job. If it was offered to you and you refuse, he's surely got a purpose for it so would offer the job to someonelse right?

Personally I don't think I'd be fantastic at but I would take it purely because I wouldn't want someonelse screwing up the job. I say this because I realise there are far worse people the job could be given to...

I wouldn't refuse if there were a risk of things becoming difficult for me either. Something like this would be bigger then the sacrifice of your life, surely?

 

[Chronictank]

no, because in todays society you would prolly be killed in order to shut you up or if you display some form of extrodinary power they will cut you open to see what makes you "special"
call me cynical, but you just need to look at the various posts on FH alone to see how aggresive people are towards a higher power. I just dont see why someone would sacrifice themselves to achieve relatively nothing,

 

[Ezteq]

if everyone would listen to what was said i.e. stop warrin' and pollutin' and murderin!! then yes, but i can imagine it would be a pretty depressing job because you give people good advise and you tell them the consequences and they go ahead and do it anyway then come and mither you saying "why didnt you stop meeee!"

tbh i'd have to say only if i could smite those that won't listen.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Well, since we CAN assume this god is all knowing, he would KNOW one line that would make people listen to you.

Then again, this would go against the free willy thing, but maybe in this case god had enough?

 

[cHodAX]

There is a god, you just haven't met me in person yet!

 

[Huntingtons]

its pretty easy to preach his word if you ask me, tho im not a man for easy tasks!

 

[Dahakon]

there is no god...

Sorry, can't work around my pagan ass

Hey! Pagans believe in god just like any other religion!

Back on topic, no way, mainly cause the Christain God in the Bible is basically a very insecure genocidal arsehole, so I won't want to go around telling people to commit genocide on a race (see Caanan, or rather you can't, but thats the point) just cause they did something which pisses of such a petty being.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Hey! Pagans believe in god just like any other religion!

Depnds on the way you lok at it. From christian church's view, it's everyone who's not in church. Or doesn't believe in christianity etc.

So basicly all but christians are pagans.

Then again if we're talking about paganism, you're quite right.

 

[psyco]

Hm, so what's Jesus then, if not the personification of the son of god =) If you did some research (well I dunno how far you went ofc, so I'm assuming here =) ), you might've come to the text where it says that it was in fact the son of god who created mankind and we read at the creation that he made them "after his own image" which means there is some kind of personification =)

hmm... i suppose, but then he would have had to have been a human and why would he need a messenger?

but anyway, its impossible to have a proper discussion with a religious dude/dudette... it always ends with 'yeh, but his god. he can do anything'

 

[noblok]

hmm... i suppose, but then he would have had to have been a human and why would he need a messenger?

I'm not following here, why would that require God to be human?

 

[liloe]

but anyway, its impossible to have a proper discussion with a religious dude/dudette... it always ends with 'yeh, but his god. he can do anything'

Interesting prejudice though =) I think I've had enough proper discussions in my life =)

 

[megadave]

No, not if i had to follow all the rules, ten commandments etc. That would take all the fun out of life

 

[Ezteq]

tbh gods these days arnt a patch on the old ones i mean if we had stuff like the ancient greeks and romans or vikings that'd be cool, a load of gods all up there fighing and smiting eachother, sneaking down here to have whoopeeeee with the mortals, catch a movie, have some chips and still have change for the bus ride home eee by eck! them were the days lad.

*sits back, tilts flat cap foward and puffs pipe*

 

[old.Tohtori]

tbh gods these days arnt a patch on the old ones i mean if we had stuff like the ancient greeks and romans or vikings that'd be cool, a load of gods all up there fighing and smiting eachother, sneaking down here to have whoopeeeee with the mortals, catch a movie, have some chips and still have change for the bus ride home eee by eck! them were the days lad.

*sits back, tilts flat cap foward and puffs pipe*

Well, that's BASICLY what i have.

Viking gods, old ways, long story short believer in vikingways/gods.

Thsi is one main reason i said this is a hypotitticaca-l discussion

 

[psyco]

I'm not following here, why would that require God to be human?

Jesus is human right? if he was created in his image he has got to be identical... otherwise its not his image

and last time i looked i havn't been able to find any human looking plants...

Interesting prejudice though =) I think I've had enough proper discussions in my life =)

it wasn't referring to you, just something i noticed when talking to people

though, i guess your religious, or you wouldn't have replied like that... but now ive trumped myself

 

[liloe]

Jesus is human right? if he was created in his image he has got to be identical... otherwise its not his image

and last time i looked i havn't been able to find any human looking plants...

That part only concerns humans, not plants or animals =) Let's see it in an RPG way, as we're the DAoC off-topic forum =) Dark-elves and High-elves look the same (except skin color, but there are black and white humans aswell), so someone looking like an Elf could be either of the two =) So if god looks a bit like a human, it doesn't mean he is one =)

it wasn't referring to you, just something i noticed when talking to people

though, i guess your religious, or you wouldn't have replied like that... but now ive trumped myself

Yes =) I consider myself a very religious person, but you see, I'm not trying to enforce my opinion to anyone. Ofc I could tell you "Yer sure, god is omnipotent, thus he can do everything", but religion consists of much more than this. Yer sure, you can argue for hours with some people, but then again you gotta admit that on the other hand, you're keeping your position aswell, it's not just them =)
I agree that there are very fanatic religious people, but I think everybody has some kind of opinion which they won't give up that fast =) That's like discussing about Porsche cars with me, you can't win the argument =)

Well I agree that the comparision between religion and cars has its flaws, but I hope you get my point =) In my opinion there is a "religious core" which I won't discuss, cause if I start discussing this, it won't be my religion anymore, but there are lots of points where people from the same religion have different opinions about. Let's take a very common subject, music. While I tell you that imho metal is the way to go, other people from my church will tell you that metal is the seed of evil =) If those people are fanatic enough, they won't let me explain my point of view, which will result in me ignoring their endless discussion. You can trust me though, that apart of some poking I'm quite easy about what kind of music people listen to =)

I think what you mean are those religious people (and it's my intention to stay neutral here, so I'm not naming any specific one) who take their belief to a real fanaticism. I say "real" fanaticism, cause they are hard on points which aren't that clear and left to mankind to decide. For those people, religion is a straight way through life with no choice, for me it's a guide through a winding path I call my personal life =)

Damn I can tell you it's hard to explain stuff like that in a language that is not your mother-tongue, so I hope I could explain myself well enough =)