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[–]IridescentAnacondastrictly dickly 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I really do love this flowchart but it does assume that Ultimate Reality has a rational structure when it clearly does not. Most "serious" Christians (i.e. ones whose commitment I respect) would acknowledge the ultimate Mystery that lies beyond anything you can say rationally about God.

I am not a Christian, I am a polytheist who believes in a single Creation Principle ("God" for all intents and purposes) that lies beyond good vs. evil dichotomy. Even the rank-and-file deities lie beyond good/evil dichotomies, they tend to be either helpful or not helpful depending upon your own personal characteristics and circumstances. And, in my experience, if you call upon a particular deity to grant certain beneficial qualities, you typically succeed in obtaining/manifesting those qualities, but you also end up manifesting circumstances in which those qualities are required. So it's a double-edged sword.