After reading your point in the following sentences I felt I had to show you how your argument is indeed flawed (and very basic research in the early part of Genesis proves this), first I'll quote the sections in point:
That got me thinking, if the caller was upset about the "me first" generation then he should certainly have a problem with the biggest "me first"er of them all: God.
After all, God says that there will be only one God, him (her/it/whatever), that you must follow his rules and you must give thanks to him. If that isn't self-centered, I don't know what is.
The passage being as below (in the NIV):
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27 (context being Genesis 1:26-28, where first God says what He plans to do and then actually does it in the quoted verse, emphasis mine)
The key here being that if you are created in the image of something (in this case Image of God), giving worship to anything that is contrary or not in line with that image is contrary to essentially the likiness in which you were made, and consequently would actually be bad for you as well (like how salt makes fresh water salty such that it is no longer fresh water). You could attempt to call it selfish, but if you were to be made in the image of something, wouldn't you want to be made in the image of the most perfect being in existence? You should really feel honored that God didn't mind creating people in His own image. The real selfishness would be to deny and work against the image in which you were made which is exactly why God says He is the only God. Much like how a family would be disgraced by a member of the family who does something completely contradictory to the beliefs and values that the family stands for.
...apparently anything can be twisted enough to justify a religious rather than scientific or logical reason for something.
Indeed, much like your argument in the above section was able to be proven false by use of some very basic research. Remember, if there appears to be a contradiction you may need to perform some more research (especially in the context!) before you conclude that there is a contradiction.
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After reading your point in the following sentences I felt I had to show you how your argument is indeed flawed (and very basic research in the early part of Genesis proves this), first I'll quote the sections in point:
...apparently anything can be twisted enough to justify a religious rather than scientific or logical reason for something.
That got me thinking, if the caller was upset about the "me first" generation then he should certainly have a problem with the biggest "me first"er of them all: God.
After all, God says that there will be only one God, him (her/it/whatever), that you must follow his rules and you must give thanks to him. If that isn't self-centered, I don't know what is.
The passage being as below (in the NIV):
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27 (context being Genesis 1:26-28, where first God says what He plans to do and then actually does it in the quoted verse, emphasis mine)
The key here being that if you are created in the image of something (in this case Image of God), giving worship to anything that is contrary or not in line with that image is contrary to essentially the likiness in which you were made, and consequently would actually be bad for you as well (like how salt makes fresh water salty such that it is no longer fresh water). You could attempt to call it selfish, but if you were to be made in the image of something, wouldn't you want to be made in the image of the most perfect being in existence? You should really feel honored that God didn't mind creating people in His own image. The real selfishness would be to deny and work against the image in which you were made which is exactly why God says He is the only God. Much like how a family would be disgraced by a member of the family who does something completely contradictory to the beliefs and values that the family stands for.
Indeed, much like your argument in the above section was able to be proven false by use of some very basic research. Remember, if there appears to be a contradiction you may need to perform some more research (especially in the context!) before you conclude that there is a contradiction.