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I'm not asking for a god at all, but given that some people believe in a good god who loves them, seems like that god could give a more clear understanding of what he thinks makes a good  that all his beloved creations can understand.  People have an easier time getting around in the metro than they do understanding what god wants from them -- which can be pretty important,because  if you get it wrong, God, who loves you, can send you to hell for eternity.  Some christians don't believe it, but others do and it  causes a great deal of anxiety for them, which God apparently doesn't care about or can't control, or something.

What about the blood issue raised earlier?   God sending his only son to be brutally murdered.  What about those hymns about being bathed in the blood of the lamb?[/quote]

Nobody thinks you're asking for a god, don't take that literally.

To me, basic commandments about love and pacifism are appropriate and sufficient. I don't understand what you're asking for here. Do you want a Holy Book or prophet who gives instructions along the lines of, when terrorists bomb NYC, you should respond with love not hate, and you should do this by the specific actions of, I dunno, NOT attacking Iraq but instead providing more international aid?  Because instructions that are so very specific are not going to be timeless, in the sense that they are useful for a full 2,000 years.

I agree that politicians and others are always arguing about what God wants. I think the left has the truer reading of the NT, and that the people arguing "God wants tax cuts" are self-serving. But again, I don't understand, are you arguing that God should smite the people on the wrong side?

The blood issue - actually, crucifixion is more about asphyxiation than about blood. But that's not the point. The point is that God was incarnated in human form, and humans suffer, and he shared in our suffering.[/quote]

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