Quote Originally Posted by Kadagar_AV View Post
I do not think that the will of God, if there is a God, can be misinterpreted. I mean, God is like the ONLY being I would suppose would make himself perfectly clear on issues.
Actually, if I were said God, I too would make things as confusing as possible. Think about it - if one wanted unquestioning obedience, one could have stopped Creation at rocks. The inclusion of free will (and cats, which were the icing on that philosophical cake) means that one is pretty much obligated to make things conflicting, illogical and downright weird.

Interestingly, this is exactly the direction that most religions based in nature worship and pantheons took. The observable world is capricious and most of the old gods were selfish, lustful and gloriously confusing in their motives. This was pretty much the god of the Old Testament too.

For some reason, the Christian idea was that God had a personal relationship with you, and that he loved you dearly. To me, this is utterly incompatible with observation, so believers are forced into somewhat absurd positions such as determinism and the belief there is both a plan and it's clearly set out in a book.

Bring back Zeus and Loki, I say. Gods don't love you at all - unless, in the former case, you're a hot nymph.