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Originally Posted by Indy Coug
Is it ridiculous to individually experience God and ascribe characteristcs to Him based on that individual experience?
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To me, yes. There's just no way to know it's god. I think humankind's assumptions that god is just, merciful, cares at all, etc. is more a deep-seated hope than anything.
We pretend that we know what kind of being god is (all-wise, all-knowing, just, merciful, etc.), then rationalize instances where god breaks out of character (He lets kids starve in Africa because of XYZ). In my opinion, we don't know anything about god.
But to each his/her own.