I find more sophisticated theologies as unconvincing. The fundamental problem is the more coherent and logically provable your god is, the less she matters, until it’s nothing left that could be thought of as a god at all, let alone produce any real consequences that we should worry about. It’s like the driving paradox—to paraphrase George Carlin, everyone that drivers slower than you is an idiot, everyone that drives faster is a maniac. If someone has a more literal god than you (you in the general sense) they’re clearly just a straw man or an idiot. If someone has a less literal god than you, they’re misguided or heretical or cowardly.
I find more sophisticated theologies as unconvincing. The fundamental problem is the more coherent and logically provable your god is, the less she matters, until it’s nothing left that could be thought of as a god at all, let alone produce any real consequences that we should worry about. It’s like the driving paradox—to paraphrase George Carlin, everyone that drivers slower than you is an idiot, everyone that drives faster is a maniac. If someone has a more literal god than you (you in the general sense) they’re clearly just a straw man or an idiot. If someone has a less literal god than you, they’re misguided or heretical or cowardly.
In this analogy, I choose not to drive.