Aww cmon James, don’t you know God has the best sense of irony?
Yes but what you are ascribing to God has rational explanations that come from the immanence of our actions bearing fruit, rather than the transcendence of a willed reaction. Occam’s razor at this point.
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The two are not mutually exclusive. If you see a poor person, take a dollar and put it in his hand, was that your action? Yes. But what transpired around you to put you in at that moment in that position to make that decision?

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You can call that God, if you want to, but following a series of causes and effects doesn’t require a transcendent principle. Again, I am more comfortable following the lines of Spinoza in his description of Deus sive natura, because it weeds out transcendent explanations
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LOL!! You kind of have me at a Disadvantage as I have not taken a Philosophy class since college and I have a VERY low opinion of the discipline. But You can chose to believe what you wish I suppose.

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It’s fine. I will say that I grew up in a Christian home and have studied the Bible rigorously (first book I ever read front to back). What do you think inspired me to read philosophy? (Spoiler: Job and Ecclesiastes).
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