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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Agback" data-source="post: 251698" data-attributes="member: 5328">Re: Re: Fantasy gods, religion, and philosophyI understand your point. But people living on the edge of disaster have resisted, for instance, Saddam Hussein, Hitler, Idi Amin, the British Empire, Heliogabalus... at the risk of their lives and their family's lives. I have friends (well, a friend now) who used to be active in the Dutch Resistance, and they were/he is just [an] ordinary guys/guy: a bit brighter than most, but showing no signs of the incredible courage he must have had. I find it hard to really accept, deep down, that people have that courage. But they did.Even supposing that people do not resist a powerful but manifestly corrupt supernatural neighbour. Menaces can make people obey, but I don't think they can make people believe or trust. Or, for that matter, love. A sufficiently powerful god might be able to intimidate and bully his neighbours into obeying his commandments, but without a moral dimension she/he/it won't be loved, and her/his/its commandments might not be accepted as a moral code. Regards,Agback</blockquote>