How would God, if He exists, be rated by Human Resources on His managerial skills?

As I was filling out my year-end Performance Review, it made me wonder how the alleged god of theism would be rated by a corporate Human Resources department on His managerial skills in the areas of (1) setting clear objectives for His team, (2) giving consistent feedback to all His reports, and (3) providing a recognizable correlation between performance and rewards.

Background track at the end: my piano/blues harp rendition of Joe Zawinul's "Mercy Mercy Mercy" (taken from my youtube.com/ToddGates musician channel): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-fdw2DMk2Q

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[evangelical1]

Jews, Muslims and Christians all accept the Hebrew Bible as originally given as God's word. For those outside the faith there is conscience. Stealing, murder, rape, etc is known to be wrong by persons of all faiths. So you are simply mistaken when you say that it is not clear what God expects of us.

[ToddAllenGates]

@evangelical1

1 of 5:

Hi Evangelical1,

I agree that 'conscience' tells all people (independently of which religion they follow) that community-destroying acts like "stealing, murder, rape, etc." are wrong and need to be outlawed. But this is compatible with atheism too, as morality can easily be explained as a by-product of evolution...but, well, that topic is a big tangent!

[ToddAllenGates]

2 of 5:

So for the sake of saving us both time, let's stick with the fantasy foundation of this video of imagining that there IS a God, and imagining Him as a Mighty Manger. You say He's put forth "His Holy Word" in the Hebrew Bible. And I presume you would add the New Testament as well.

[ToddAllenGates]

3 of 5:

I also presume that you would NOT add the Holy Scriptures of the Hindus, Buddhists, Zoroastrians, Muslims, etc. Yet billions of sincere believers throughout history have followed these texts, and accordingly, have a wide range of contradictory ideas on what the Divine expects from us:

[ToddAllenGates]

4 of 5:

- Should Jesus be recognized as the Savior?

- Does God prohibit alcohol?

- Forbid homosexuality?

- Want us to pray 5x a day facing Mecca?

- Do we need to recognize cows as sacred?

Needless to say, it depends on which believers you ask!

Now, picture a parallel situation in a large corporation: millions of employees thinking they're following official policy, but the rules are decentralized and contradictory.

[ToddAllenGates]

5 of 5:

Okay, there are cross-religion parallels when it comes to no-brainers like stealing & murder, but not for other fundamental issues, such as whether Jesus is Savior. This is why I say *if* there were a god and if Human Resources were to rate His managerial skills as setting clear objectives for all His reports, God would score low. (Or would you say the Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, etc. all just have themselves to blame?)

[L00NGB00W]

If I were in charge I would fire God based solely on His attendance record. Where the f*** is he?

[drfoxcourt]

It seems to me that an absentee CEO of confusing, poorly written and self-contradictory memos is best ignored and mankind should get on with the company's business as we see it, according to our own standards of success and without reverence/reference to a boss who's mind we can't read.

It is interesting to note that, according to Christians, when God fires you he really uses fire (and brimstone). ;-)

Love the video.

[drfoxcourt]

@SuperBspb The corporation has been public since it's inception. Some division heads need to be demoted to pencil marketers and their budgets placed in the hands of more honest people. We still have too many middle managers with delusions of grandeur.

[SuperBspb]

@drfoxcourt It's time for the board of directors to make the corporation public.

[ToddAllenGates]

@Largo64

> As always, I appreciate you clear thinking approach. And I love the choice of "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" for the music at the end!

Thank you!

[Largo64]

As always, I appreciate you clear thinking approach. And I love the choice of "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" for the music at the end! How appropriate!